A new relationship with my ears!

 The thing is, shaving off my hair has not only changed what everyone else sees when they look at me - it's changed my image of myself.  This is the thing that has struck me most forcibly today - day one without my hair.
It's the weekend.  I haven't yet had to face the world of work, the bus, or even the shops, as I've stayed at home mostly, gardening, sewing and pottering about.  I went for a walk with a friend and the dogs.  But not to the park - we went up to the woods to get away from the heat, and find shade and relative coolness. We didn't meet that many people, and I didn't know any of them.
Throughout the day I have caught glimpses of myself, in the various mirrors about the house, reflections in the windows, most strikingly of all, the shadow I cast walking through the woods.
I have become very aware of my ears - I don't remember my shadow ever having ears before.  They seem larger than I thought too.  I am reminded of how big my Dad's ears were towards the end of his life.  While everything else about him was shrinking, his ears seemed to grow.
When I posted the first post-shave photo on Facebook my sister actually commented that I looked a bit like Dad in about 1940.  I couldn't really see it, but perhaps it was the ears!
To be honest I have been slightly obsessive about how I look today - hence the 3 selfies on today's post (if a picture of a shadow counts as a selfie?).
I like the one below because it really shows the shape of my head.  Also my glasses look  like Geordi's visor in Star Trek, and I love the way my collar bones are highlighted.  I think I look a bit like an alien.  That's a new experience for me too!