tits out for the lads

This is for mike, who apparently needs healing boob energy to recover from the delivery of his kid-ney. And the boobs need to be bare, apparently.

This is for angryginger, who told me she loves swimming nude. (Yes, 'she' - we all start as girls, and ag is very new).

This is for our dear lost sara sue, who once posted a lovely photo of herself as a naked 18 year old. I found it quite moving. This is me as a naked 18 year old, sistergirl.

This is for my pal Kate gone these four years, who loved saying "Tits oot for the lads" in an appalling Novocastrian accent, though she was famed for her own modesty.

This is for Phoebe Fay, whose eloquent musings on gravity and breasts made me feel close to her.

This is a photo of me "a whole girl ago" as Nuala Fury would say. Thirty years later and I got here okay, though, like mike, there may be some bits missing. It's been a great ride. I wouldn't have missed it for quids. So this is for me, too.

And for the rest of you? Oh, all right. A photo of me in a bikini.