Is It My Age?

Is it just my age (recognizing that I'm no longer considered even middle-aged, but senior?  Or is it my always natural uber tendency towards conservative / practical / thrifty?  I just don't get some of today's world.  Or maybe it's that I don't get a lot of today's world.

Remember:  This is a personal forum for my personal opinions,  not a pointing-finger-in-criticism at anyone.  Just observations of how differently I think.

A lot of the current fashion trends (pant lengths ( my personal opinion: ankle pants don't really look good on anyone) leggings - everywhere,  shrink wrapped tops, exposed cleavage, stiletto heels, non covered pregnant bellies - just to name a couple or six) leave me cold.  As do the all-sorts-of-body piercings.  And strange colored hair.

Right by the trail.

Yum!

Never having had disposable income to spend on such trifles as these causes me to shake my head in perplexity.  If I had had extra income to just fritter away, would I have spent it on the likes of these trends?  Or have I always been such an independent thinker that it's difficult comprehending why anyone would want to look just like everyone else until the next "big" trend comes along? (In my head I'm always wondering if there'll be embarrassment years down the line when looking at old pictures and seeing how silly those things looked.) 

Perhaps, yes, it is my age.  And also, perhaps, yes, it is me. I long for a plethora of common sense, of courtesy, decency, kindness.  And yes, I'd better get myself in gear and do my part for however long I've left on this world.  It doesn't do to just whine (about how out of step I am) I should be spreading those Christlike behaviors in every action.  I definitely fall short.

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We went for a s-l-o-w walk yesterday afternoon (since it was a bit cloudy and blow-y and wasn't too uncomfortable temp. wise).  Wanted to check the holding pond up the hill since the news keeps saying that our little city is on floodwatch.  The pond is fine - lots and lots of water gushing in, but the outlet is keeping up with the inflow without trouble. Saw this little snake slithering along, if it had been in the weeds we'd have missed it, it blended in so well.

Yup, odd.

Also made this cake for The Husband's Father's Day / birthday celebration.  Tastes w-a-y better than it looks.  Don't you love my glasses?  This pair is for watching tv.  The readers have the opposite lens out.  Only one person has laughed, and he wasn't really laughing at me, just at the absurdity of the situation.  And a neighbor from the previous ward brought me these balloons.  They were giving them away after her family reunion and she thoughtfully brought them to brighten my outlook (knowing that my particular present outlook is strange).  They were dead by the morning, but fun to receive.

And today, I'm so grateful for The Husband.  For his birthday and the reminder (like that's necessary) of all he means to me. For gift cards to eat out at places we love.  For safely traveling the roads around here that seem to be an endless gridlock. For plenty to read.  For glasses that I don't mind breaking apart.  And for knowing that 10 days from now I'll be finished with the second eye surgery and be on my way to full recovery.  I know it isn't good to wish your life away, but I can hardly wait.  This bipolar vision makes me nutty.  :^)