With apologies to Jenny Joseph..my take on when I am old I shall wear purple

[ledge]

Now I am old I can wear purple pyjama s and a red dressing gown-cos I'm in lockdown.

I spend my money on the internet on solar lights and brandy. But I say I have no money for butter.

I shall sit behind my window because i am sheilding.

I will gobble up biscuits and keep turning on the kettle.

I will waive at every one passing and put rainbows in my windows - and this will make up for the sobriety of my youth

I will wear my slippers all day and garden in my dressing gown.

I will order from Amazon and learn to facetime.

I can wear terrible clothes and grow more fat and eat three pounds os sausages in one go - or the entire contents of my vulnerable food box.

I will hoard hand santizer and toilet rolls.

But now i must not go out in the street as i am sheilding.

I cant have friends round to dinner , but I can read the papers

But mybe I ought to practice a little now what the outside world will feel like.

So the people that know me wont be startled or shaken at my disheveled appearance with awild woman hair do and purple pyjamas

[sassy59]

Brilliantly written ledge. I love it!

Listening to Boris now.

Stay safe. Xxxxx

[ledge in reply to sassy59]

Thank you... it about sums up my existence atm.... x

[SORRELHIPPO]

I agree. we should all grow old as disgracefully as we wish. With me the sausages and the chocolate.

[ledge in reply to SORRELHIPPO]

I still have unfettered wildness business to pursue once thus sheilding lark is over... i will try and live for as long as ive got with gusto

[skischool]

Bo Jo didn't mention the colour purple in his mission statement? and i notice somebody,maybe nanny had made a vane attempt to comb his golden locks to avoid reference to wild man hair.?

I rather fancy going through a purple patch,are gentlemen allowed to do this?i even own a purple dressing gown and have given away my government box and substituted it with blood orange gin and other non vitamin d based unhealthy delights so i have made a bold start to this new era.

Detached Ski's and a cat that simply doesn't care.x

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

I think he still looks unwell.corona virus has taken its toll.

I was just glad he remained sitting. Cats don’t ever care as long as they are fed and Catsan toilet kept clean.stay safe

[skischool in reply to Oshgosh]

Scruffy even in her most distressed state has always looked healthier and more in control of current affairs so nothing much has changed this evening.

[stamford1234 in reply to skischool]

Blood orange gin sounds amazing .... excellent start

[skischool in reply to stamford1234]

They do all sorts of infusions with Gin now,almost impossible to get depressed on it and tonic is oh so yesterday for the upwardly mobile alcoholic.

[stamford1234 in reply to skischool]

Impossible to get depressed, love it. Nice turn of phrase. Me?Just coming down from a week of Pred. and ABs. Thanks for being around for the giggle x

[skischool in reply to stamford1234]

Ditto finished the course yesterday and hoping that an old infection has now gone.we battle on. x

[stamford1234 in reply to skischool]

It's not nice is it. I was doing well, just the two exacerbations a year and felt proud of myself for doing all the right things. Now I just need a decent night of sleep and a hair cut. Stay well Ski

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

I think battling on is a good analogy. At the moment I would liken my battle to a crawl.

Good news ,after being taken to A N E ON VE Day,I’ve just been phoned to say I am Covid negative,so that’s good. Ihad also lefts pleading morning onthe Nurse help line.last evening,cos the answerphone massage had retuned to normal.was surprised when a Dr rung me.

Went through my whinges,she said that as I’m on immunosuppressants,my immunity is low.also discussed shortness of breathe sitting down talking to her.

Sh said she would put me down for a phone appoimeentwithconsultat rheumatoid.

Was rung an hour later given a phone appointment forWedesday evening.

So am currently compiling a list.

Other Alf not happy as I said I’d go on a clinial trial if available.

I’m a pragmatist,he is not.

Stay safe.

[skischool in reply to Oshgosh]

AnE on VE day,i can't even say it,but good news that you are cronie free.Pragmatism is a virtue,never lose it ,it will bode well for you in the future.

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

List getting longer

[Oshgosh in reply to skischool]

I think my spell check is going mad . Either that or I have invented a new language!?

Perhaps it’s the lupus fog

[ledge]

Ohh a purple dressing gown and blood orange gin... sounds positively rakish and bohemian... go Mike go xx

[Hacienda]

Boris presented his Speech very well, Lets hope The Selfish & The ignorant Adhere to this "Chance" we have of avoiding more Deaths. I want to live. Enough said. xxx

[Caspiana]

That made me giggle which goes well with my morning coffee ledge . I quite like the idea of purple pyjamas. xx 🙋

[ledge in reply to Caspiana]

I am glad it made you giggle...i the original poem is one i have always liked

Keep safe dear Cas

[Jaybird19]

I love that, very clever. I wish I had that ability.

I must confess i have been wearing all sorts of colours . I hsve a purple fleece which i bought when i had cataracts . Didnt know it was purple ! At present i wear whatever comes to hand , as long as it is clean! And i cut my own hair when i started to look like a Dulux dog.Now i look even worse!

[ledge]

Then that ditty will strike a chord...

Thank you for the thanks... it was a spur of the moment thing..of adapting it to suit my present situation. One i never would have expected even a few years ago.

I am tempted to cut my hair too.. but the scissors aren't too sharp... my fringe trim was a bit of a fingers crossed episode..

Keep safe

[shirleypc]

Im a poet but besides the odd verse on facebook, lots of posts and photos if full and empty plates, odd bit if crocheting, ive not done much.

[MoyB]

Brilliant! xx Moy

[ledge in reply to MoyB]

Thank you...i hope it made you smile

[MoyB in reply to ledge]

It certainly did. Xx

[Gladwyn]

I was going to order a pair of purple pyjamas from amazon last night . I searched for ages until I found what I wanted then at the last minute I stopped just before the Buy Now because I realised I wasn’t old! So hey ho they’re on hold for a few years yet.😀

[ledge in reply to Gladwyn]

Well you will have something to look forward to in your dottage😊

[Gladwyn in reply to ledge]

I surely will 😂😂😂 . I’m only 76 now so I’ve ages to go yet .

[ledge in reply to Gladwyn]

Thats the spirit 😊

[Gladwyn]

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