A Bewitching Forest at Dawn

Back in 2006, keen to reinvent myself after my hip replacement, I took inspiration from Amy Winehouse and dyed my blonde hair black. In January 2018 I stopped colouring the lengths of my hair, only touching up the roots. As I'd only used semi permanent dye, my hair lightened over time and I'm gradually colouring the roots in progressively lighter shades of brown. Yesterday I used a light ash brown, somewhat poetically described on the box as being "Inspired by a bewitching forest at dawn." which in turn inspired me to pose for these photos in our suburban wilderness first thing this glorious May Day morning. 

I'm not sure I really want hair inspired by a forest although after an afternoon of gardening there's often a few twigs, dried leaves and insects tangled up in it.

 

I was tempted to comb the dye through the length of my hair and create a more uniform colour but I've been rather attached to my tresses of many colours and the more natural effect. My hair is a bit like the lines on my face, hard earnt and with a story behind each & every one of them.

 Did you know that over 50% of the world's bluebells are found in the British Isles? No need for us to travel to the countryside to see them, I just have to look out of the window.

We're currently enjoying unseasonably warm weather and, as a solar powered reader, I've been devouring books, namely the incredible Neapolitan Quartet by the mysterious author, Elena Ferrante. 

You may recall me picking up the first three in the clearance charity shop a couple of weeks ago mistakenly assuming that they were a trilogy. Well, the chazza shop goddess was on my side and when I popped in last week & the book I'd missed was there awaiting me.

The assistant reminded me that it was two books for £1 and that I should get another but I was more than happy to hand my pound coin over. I've got 100 pages left to read before the quartet is finished and I'm going to be bereft when I do. I know there's a Netflix series based on the books but I've got my own idea of what Elena and Lila are like and I don't want someone else's impressions to taint mine.

UPDATED: Here's my natural hair colour, I was in my early 20s and living in bedsit land. I loved that spiral perm! The black cat was my dear old boy, Albert.

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