what a 'great' example (not) to young girls who need to know that being a woman is more than just sex appeal.

Runner 'art and photography' are many things, one of which, is for males and females [people] to feel comfortable with their body in its entirety and for art lovers to enjoy. Women have beautiful shapes, contours and expressions; these captured by artists for centuries as you would well know. Why is it any different to Rose being painted?

How fantastic for Rose's family and friends to be given these photographs for their homes and Rose's families for now and future years.

Positively inspiring and nothing short of beautiful!

See the funny thing is.....in our species......Males are the tops of the food chain, and females...as must as equal as we evolve, are a [part} of the whole that's not so understood. What! Are we to believe that females are to take over the earth....lol.....maybe some might want to take Bio-humans as a new understanding....come on. If females take over the world.....what would be the result.

I can think of one......Its called de-evolution......and you know what that means:)

I means females are and wanting/willing to take a risk.......with the DNA of life on this planet? Males have to be males......or you will kill what you love.

Not cool me thinks.

Man hunts.....and female loves.

And you want to up-set this.....

BLUE

Yabby <"Yet on getting to know them, on learning what makes them tick,
on learning what they think and feel and why, I've discovered
one incredibly beautiful mind. At that moment, all the rest
becomes insignificant."

Yabby, you sound like a wonderful human being :)

Runner...sounds like sour grapes to me :(

Congratulations, Rose. As a bloke approaching 50 I've no great desire to inflict my paunchy raunchiness on the world, but I do like people who are prepared to take on personal challenges.

Long may you continue to push your personal boundaries.

Beautiful photos Rose. A great testament to your photographability (is that a word?) and the photographer's artistic talents. The human form is a beautiful thing in all its variations of shape, size, colour and form.

As suzeonline said you look great. I am also heading in the 50 direction and your body has given me further incentive to lose some of the weight gained this year (sigh!) so I can enter my fifties in peak condition (well I will try). :)