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Thursday 10 June 2010

Elly's 60th Birthday!

Alan and I received a delightful red and purple invitation form the daughter of a friend and colleague Elly who will be 60 this month.  The invitation included this poem:


When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickles for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.


But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

I decided to make Elly card to reflect this poem, using my new Paper Doll Cricut Cartridge.




Happy birthday Elly and we are looking forward to the party. x

3 comments:

  1. Oh Lynn, that card is JUST perfect Hun, I am sure she will love it.....fab!..xxx

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  2. Hhahahha, so much fun - am sure she'll love this card
    x

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  3. Lovely idea Lynn - I've seen the poem before and thought it was a good idea!! Clever you. x

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