Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed Plus

Today is my birthday. 31 years old and not much to show for it, however you measure. But that's okay! Before me came the likes of Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed. I often think about the woman's uniform, and how strange it must be, if I could realize it, to not be skirted my whole life - unlike the daughter of Captian Sir St Vincent Hawkins-Whitshed, 3rd Baronet, who mountain climbed in style (From the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum):

And aaah, such elegance! When you are thirsty, you're thirsty. From National Geographic, by Kenneth D. Smith. Taken in New Hampshire, and not Mzzz. Hawkins-Whitshed.