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[my mother in her younger phase]
Happy Birthday to my mother [Mrs Mary Mitchell] who is 86 today; i remember as a child growing up that her favourite flower was Carnation. I don't think it is her favourite flower now though. [note to self. i must ask her]
whorls and whorls -
the pinking shears edges of
Carnation furls
© gillena cox 2016
Revisit
my mothers 81st birthday
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Linking: now that [its Wednesday] to Susan's prompt
Midweek Motif ~ Parents, Guardians, Significant Adults in the Lives of Children
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