me, reflected, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I'm not sure how it happened, but I turned fifty today. I could swear I just turned thirty, but there you go. Twenty years just flew by.

Actually, I'm rather glad to be out of my forties. That was not my best decade, by a long shot. Well, it really was my worst decade. Glad I got that out of the way. Now I can move on, and be fabulously fifty.

Of course, it helps that I don't look my age, and lord knows I don't act it. But I think my generation is much younger than my parents' generation at the same age. I'd like to think we're redefining aging. Or refusing to grow up, take your pick. *g*

I had thought of doing a few things today, but it was hot, and I didn't. I did go for a walk, and I found a bridge over the pond behind Grandmothers' Garden, where I took the above picture. And there was exactly one ripe blackberry, so I ate it. It pays to look under the leaves. :)

I might go out for ice cream later; there's a nice little ice cream place about a half-mile walk from here. The kind of place that has a sliding window on the outside, and they hand you a pile of napkins with your cone. I can sit looking down into the valley, and think about having made it to fifty. :)

first skunk cabbage, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Look! More green things coming out of the ground! OK, it's skunk cabbage, but still. Green and growing. :)

In rising back up from bending down to take this picture, I pulled something in my ribcage. Ouch. Getting older really sucks sometimes. :P

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That meme that's going around (as they do):

2011 - living by myself in a one-bedroom apartment in Westfield, MA
2001 - I lived in Roslindale with Pauletta, her two kitties, and her snake.
1991 - I lived in Quincy with Holly, and my kitty Robin.
1981 - Was at college, then moved back in with my parents that May.
1971 - Lived in Clifton Park, NY with my family.
1961 - In utero until August, then Deposit, NY.

So, yeah. Gonna be 50 this year. O_o How did that happen?