So - you've seen the adverts and fully realise (if you're female especially), that when you alight from the shower you should appear as a wood nymph, steamy, ethereal, unwrinkled and with a smile painted in place telling of a secret only you know (so what's THAT about?) hair all wispy, flowing behind as though caressed by an invisible breeze; with water drops remaining, eagerly caressing you until at last they are banished to beyond when you encompass your (still unwrinkled) self within the folds of a new washed and smelling of meadows, towel! Dry in a second, you again don that secret smile, skip from the bathroom into the arms of some square jawed adonis who is awaiting your return with baited breath.....that's the ad... Then you catch sight of yourself in the mirror.... You trundle from the shower, almost slipping on the wet patch where the shower door doesn't quite fit and you didn't see 'cos the steam is remiscent of the Flying Scotsman; hair stuck to head with conditioner akin to super glue; substantial and with more wrinkles than a Shar-pei, you reach for a freshly laundered towel to stem the torrent of water gushing from between the folds of flesh in it's rush to escape the prison of skin which threatens to engulf it, and grab instead the just used and as yet unwashed towel still smelling sweetly of dog and horse poo! 30 minutes later, you don a smirk because you managed not to fall over, you trundle from the bathroom, only to encounter the overweight meter man with halitotsis, who didn't realise you were in and has had the cheek to make himself a cup of tea! What has this got to do with image. Who knows! I just saw the melted frost and the words above spat onto the page! ^=^ Perhaps, secretly, I'd like to look as good as this Evening Primrose, albeit slightly wilting from the frost, when I alight from the shower! Course, I didn't even look that good when I was twenty! So much life, and so little hope!!! ^=^ Thank you so much for the welcome back. My leg isn't half as bad as they predicted it would be and I'm hobbling about already. Doctors! Humph! What do they know! ^=^ Thank you for taking the time to look. ^=^