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Mystery Hill is a house/tourist attraction in the mountains where everything seems to flow uphill. It is built on an incline and the floor isn't level. I guess my camera was crooked last night because the Tranny Shack looks like its leaning! :)

A lot of you have asked me about my home situation so I thought it was time for an update. After going to parties the last two weekends I stayed in last night and enjoyed some DVD's with my wife. She didn't even make me take off the short skirt I had on,even though I had jeans ready to replace it. She did like this dress and another I tried on her for better though. Things are going pretty smoothly as far as my dressing at home goes. She seems comfortable with 2 times a week now, not so much three so I am not pushing the issue. Last night we talked about a lot of things. One thing she is Very positive and supportive about is me piercing my ears! In fact, ear piercing would be lower on my priority list if it wasn't for her encouragement there. She wants to do it for me, the way she did herself when she was a teenager, and that involves putting in ear rings that tighten over several days untill they pierce through. That will not be practical for me as I have short hair and do have a male job/life. My main concern has been the 6 weeks you have to leave something in after the initial piercing. From talking to some of my friends, it seems like there are little flesh colored plastic studs that can be inserted and are supposedly not noticeable. My idea is to use some concealor on top of that also, so we will see. I may take the plunge and do it before too long.

A couple more things we talked about are laser hair removal or electrolysis ( I am seriously considering doing this soon) and my decision to start taking (herbal) hormones. She is not crazy about either one of these but seems ok with it. Especailly when I am en femme around her I get the question "why don't you go full time?" I am not ready to do that for other reasons but I am glad to know the idea is not crazy to her if I ever am able to transition.

I do want to make one more point. For those of you that are interested, I am trying to show that crossdressing is not something you necessarily have to hide from your wife. I did for many years and when it got to the point I had to progress I just had to tell her. That in itself has gone very well, however I do want to clear up any misconceprtions/delusions out there about this being a happy marriage. My wife is bipolar and although i do love her/care for her we have not slept together in years and sleep in seperate rooms. Life with her is an up and down yo yo and she has been threatening to leave since almost the day we got married. My standing offer is to help her pack but at the end of the day we end up needing each other and we do have some good times as well as bad. For instance, she was at my throat much of the day yesterday but it was about one of my dogs, not my crossdressing so I should be thankful for that. I just do not want to paint such a rosy picture to you other married girls out there. Things have gone great with her acceptance of Tammy, but when I told her I felt I had nothing to lose. Those of you with a really happy or close marriage or with kids at home have other considerations and have to weigh those in as well. If there is hope though that your partner will accept at least to some degree your feminine side then I think I have learned that sharing is much better than hiding.

I set auto-bracketing to take this 3-shot HDR of the TS "Trinity" lightvessel from where I was parked along the quayside with my camera mounted on tripod using my Tamron telephoto lens. It was only when I came to edit the three shots that I realised auto-bracketing doesn't quite work in the same way when shooting Manual; instead of varying EV +or- 2EV the camera varied the shutter speed for these shots, i.e. 1/100 sec for normal exposure, 1/400 sec for under exposure and 1/25 for over exposure.

The landscape in the backdrop is Mersea Island, which is only accessible via a tidal causeway; so don't expect to see me going there anytime soon as I have a thing about riding across a road with water either side of me.

The former lightvessel LV15 "Trinity House" has been moored in Woodrolfe Creek, Tollesbury since 1988, when it was purchased by Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust (FACT). It was subsequently renamed TS "Trinity" and provides groups of young people with a wide range of outdoor adventure activities.

The village of Tollesbury is situated in north-east Essex on the mouth of the River Blackwater.