FIRSTLY - I want to say that the essence of who I am, will shine through what is written in the following & NOT in the external packaging of an absent photograph. Shallow people need not read on any further.
                                                                                                              Hi, my name is Beverley. I am a 48yr old straight female, 5ft 6in tall, blue gray eyes, slim. Single mother to a 16yr old teenage daughter. (Don't you just love 'em). I have been blessed with a dry witty sense of humor for my sins. By trade I am a florist.
I consider myself to be kind & considerate, have a polite & well-mannered disposition with old fashioned values, morals & high standards.
I am also a very loyal & trusting person to those who know me well - having said that I do not suffer fools gladly & am gifted with the ability of 'sussing' people out very quickly, as there is a very suspicious side to my nature. I am extremely comfortable in my own skin & with my own company, have no hang-ups & refuse totally to carry around baggage from the past (neither will I carry anyone else') - I choose to live in the now.
I love the hot weather, night time rain & thunderstorms, I also enjoy walks by the water (ocean, lakes, streams, ect), forests & the like.
When I was 21 I lived in New York for 2yrs & Athens for 2 yrs at 25. Visited Cyprus 5 times, Florida twice, Gran Canaria once, France & Italy both once.
Big animal lover, especially dogs.
I am of the unshakable belief that there is more to life than what we can see with our naked eyesight.

SEEKING:-

True, Soulful, Lasting friendships.... Honesty, Empathy, Sensitivity, Integrity, Authenticity, Intelligence, Great Sense of Humor, Creativity, an Open & Flexible mind (as much as one can be). Compassionate Respect & understanding of me as a person.

HAVE TOTALLY NO INTEREST IN CORRESPONDING WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:-
VISA SEEKERS, PEOPLE FROM AFRICAN OR EASTERN  COUNTRIES.
(My sincere & deepest apologies to the decent people who live in these countries. I am fully aware that there are both good & bad in all areas of our world)

NO THANK YOU TO:-
MARRIED/ATTACHED MEN (in anyway, shape or form). CYBER-EROTICA FIENDS. ACTIVE MILITARY/ARMY PERSONNEL. BUSINESS/FINANCIAL SCAMMERS. SWINGERS. INCARCERATED/EX-CON PERSONS.

I HAVE NEITHER THE TIME, ENERGY NOR INCLINATION FOR PERSONS WHO CHOOSE TO PLAY GAMES - BUY AN EX-BOX.

Also, I have no compatibility with strong political/religious mindsets.
I deeply respect & vigorously defend the rights of anyone to believe & live as they wish - so long as they don't try to force those thoughts & practices upon others, or use them to inflict pain of any kind.
NOTE:- I am very uncomfortable with & disgusted by persons who conduct themselves with a narrow, snobbish or elitist sense of themselves &  their place in this world. In my humble opinion, no-one is so sophisticated, cosmopolitan, or above & beyond-learning a thing or two & being humbled by something or someone-many times along lifes journey
I'm not impressed by degrees, titles, money, looks or anything else except the inner strength & beauty of others' minds & souls.
SHOULD - the right person ever cross my path then I hope perhaps to find more than just a friend one day.
DO NOT ASK FOR CHAT ON MSN or YAHOO, you wont like the answer.

Totally besotted with all animals (with the exception of reptiles & sharks) - of which, I have been advised, that this sight does carry a few of the two legged variety.
Spirituality
Reading
Gardening
Nature
Floristry & anything creative

I have a WIDE & RANDOM variety of favorite musical taste, anywhere from:-
Yanni - Journey
Westlife - Neil Diamond
Cher - Pink
Kings of Leon
Coldplay
Andy Williams - Ne-Yo

Mildred Pierce, The Winds of War trilogy, Twilight, ALL costume dramas, The Colour Purple, I am Legend, Bridget Jones.
Don't like anything violent or gory. Enjoy a good ghost movie.

CSI-LV-Miami-New York. The Oprah Show, The Gaurdian, The Mentalist, Animal Planet, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, Discovery Channel, The Ghost Whisperer. The Dog Whisperer. Flash Forward.
AND FOR A GOOD BELLY LAUGH - The Osbournes

A NEW EARTH & THE POWER OF NOW:-Eckhart Tolle
A COURSE IN MIRACLES:-Foundation For Inner Peace
Anything spiritual really.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure-Oscar Wilde.

Worry only pretends to be necessary, it serves no useful purpose.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

What you resist persists, what you fight you strengthen.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant - Robert Louis Stevenson