Peggy C

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Posted: 16 Jun 2015


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Warning ..

Warning  ..
''When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm 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 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 pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats 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. ''


- Jenny Joseph

www.laterbloomer.com/jenny-joseph

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 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Outstanding shot!

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9 years ago.
Peggy C club has replied to William Sutherland club
Appreciate it, William ...
9 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
That... is so beautiful.... the words... and the Petunia !

And... you have a head start on the PURPLE Lady... I have seen
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
Peggy C club has replied to Pam J club
Thank you - with a little help from my friends., that I do ;)
9 years ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
fantastic
9 years ago.
Peggy C club has replied to Trudy Tuinstra club
Thank you, Trudy ...
9 years ago.
 Dick M
Dick M
Stark colors and stark reminder that maybe, just maybe, I'm practicing...
9 years ago.
Peggy C club has replied to Dick M
Practicing what ? Am sure it might apply to men, but you will have to try very hard to make a go of it .... remember the 'satin slippers' ;)
9 years ago.

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