A few years ago I planted an avocado seed from a supermarket avocado I ate. Within a year I had a nice potted plant for the kitchen. Here it is back in 2020.
Today the tree is close to 3m high. It lives in my office beside my desk.
I’m not sure what to do with it as it’s getting close to the ceiling and if I plant it outside it will die. I just need it to stop growing.
One of the things I love about the UK is how few women wear makeup. None of the women in my social circle wear makeup and they’re all beautiful as they are so I decided to follow suit a few years ago and dispensed with makeup for good.
I’m not the only one either. This trend is growing and since the pandemic British women have abandoned makeup in large numbers, more so than in other countries. I recently decided to go one step further and have stopped colouring my hair. I’m letting my natural colour – along with the ever-increasing grey – slowly take over. It’s becoming more and more common to see women with grey hair and thank goodness for that! Why is it only men who can be grey and handsome at 50? Women can surely be grey and beautiful at 50 too? I have lots of beautiful female friends here who have their own natural hair colour, grey and all.
I quite like the gradient look I’ve got right now but it’s only temporary as eventually I’ll cut the bleached bit off the bottom.
As we get older we become more accepting of ourselves. There’s something almost cruel about how when you’re young and your body is at its most perfect we are least accepting of it. But as we age and see the imperfections and flaws grow, we become more forgiving. So I will just say to all the young people out there: accept yourself for who you are. You only get one body. Value it. Look after it.
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