When I’m Sixty-Four
Look what Laura made for me. This is such a great idea. She took a
silk purse from The Limited — found on sale at TJMaxx or Marshall's(?)
and heatherized it with handmade silk flowers and vintage buttons. I
love it!
There
are two dupioni flowers, plus two little buds from a Kaffe Fasset
print. The leaves are made from lace and a vintage kimono print.
the home front, my 13-year-old is now nearly my height — about 1/2" to
go. So bizarre. On our way to my parents' house yesterday, Elijah was
telling me how awesome it is to have a mom so close to him in age. (I
was 21 when we had him.)
"When I'm 60, you'll be 81," he said.
"And we can play shuffleboard together, " I replied.
"We can have a walker race to the country club!" he concluded.
An
image that will stay with me for oh, at least 47 more years, if I'm
fortunate enough to make it to that race. Now, of course, no
60-year-olds I know have a walker, but at 13, anyone over 40 is a
candidate for a walker, right?
I love that kid.
-o-o-o-o-o-
(McCartney wrote When I'm Sixty-Four when he was only sixteen years old! Although it wasn't released till he was 25 or so.)