Day 1 (May 19, 1963)...
Day 180 (six months)...
Day 17,167 (47 years and counting)...
Some things never change, my beautiful wife for example, or my ears for another, except that recently a menorah has started growing out of one side of my head and a miniature gramophone, inexplicably, seems to have become permanently affixed to the other.
The sharp-eyed among you may also notice that with this post I have broken my own self-imposed, longstanding custom of never including a current photograph of myself or any member of my family on my blog. On this special occasion of our 47th anniversary, however, Mrs. RWP and I are more than happy to reveal our smiling visages to a waiting world -- you are out there waiting, aren’t you, world? World? -- but the custom will remain in effect concerning our children and grandchildren. In this respect, I realize that we differ from many others in blogland, who display day after day not just themselves but their offspring, their offspring’s offspring, their high-yield vegetable gardens, their Aunt Trudy’s secret family recipe for Crêpe Suzette, and highlights of their family’s recent trip to Lower Slobovia.
Their pride is understandable, certainly, but one thing I decided long ago was not to live my life by majority opinion. To quote that great humanitarian, Popeye the Sailor Man, I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.
Rest assured, however, that if I had a horse like Carolina in Nederland does, or if I could draw a picture of a frog the way Kate in New Zealand can, I would definitely show it to you.
Carolina’s horse
Kate’s frog
Any similarity between me and either the horse or the frog is purely coincidental. As regards Popeye the Sailor Man, the jury is still out.
Happy 57th Anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures! Thank you for sharing with us.
Kathy, thank you! And also you're welcome!
DeleteI wish you both a most happy anniversary. May you have many more loving years together.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Emma.
DeleteYes, the world is waiting. Happy Anniversary to you and your lovely bride. Your 47th anniversary is certainly something to celebrate. Your pictures are wonderful and I love and appreciate that you included a current photograph. May your coming years be as special as the first 47!
ReplyDeleteBonnie, you must have skipped the editor's note at the beginning. It's our 57th anniversary, not our 47th. The entire post was published 10 years ago, including the photograph. But thank you (since it's the thought that counts)!
DeleteForgive me! I did read the note but apparently it did not register after I read the post! Happy 57th!
DeleteA very, very Happy Anniversary to both of you.
ReplyDeleteSue, thank you very much!
DeleteHappy Anniversary. Time goes by in a hurry when you're having fun.
ReplyDeleteRed, Thank you. Space also goes by in a hurry when you keep pushing the return key.
DeleteI read this just after it was published and obviously when I went wandering off in pursuit of Kate's frog I got sidelined. I say that because no comment by me has appeared. I'm assuming that if I'd written one it would have. I do so get frustrated by comment moderation. It ruins the flow of conversation (amongst other things) and exposes my atrocious memory.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I'm sure I did comment because I made the point that I could not see the difference between your photos in the body and the side-bar (both taken around the same time) for a while until it dawned on me that you'd grown a goatee in the sidebar.
It was about the same time as your original blogpost that I first met Kate in New Zealand. We have remained friends ever since and, although she was not coming to Lewis this year, we were to meet up in England in July. My New Zealand family were coming up to stay with me then too. Now none of that will be happening.
Ah well. This comment was longer than my last one anyway.
Graham, no, I never received an earlier comment from you on this post. I moderate comments to keep objectionable, pornographic, and troll-written material off my blog.
DeleteYou are correct about the photos. The one in the post was taken in May 2010 and the one in the sidebar was taken in late July 2010 at Mrs. RWP's birthday party at our son's house.
I do miss Kate's posts. It's too bad you two won't be seeing each other this summer.
I'll take your word for it that this comment was longer than your last one because, as I said, I never received your last one.
Beautiful photos. Happy belated 57th wedding anniversary to the pair of you!
ReplyDelete'Space also goes by in a hurry when you keep pushing the return key.' - Hahahahahaha. Brilliant and quite true. x
Michelle, thank you! I don't know how brilliant my comment about space is; I was just hoping someone would notice. And it turned out to be you!
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