Birthdays



Today's my birthday
so I took a long look in the mirror
to see if I looked any different.


I think I see some wrinkles
that weren't there before.

Uh oh.
Time for that expensive cream. 

Comments

Delphyne said…
Happiest of birthdays, Meri!! Enjoy the day!!

PS - some of those "expensive" creams are only that - expensive and do nothing for your skin! xoxo
September 7, 2010 at 7:07 AM
Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. said…
Have a happy birthday Meri and a wonderful year! I think wrinkles are so endearing on an elephant. Why are they not, on me?
September 7, 2010 at 7:21 AM
~JarieLyn~ said…
Happy Birthday, Meri. I hope you have lots of happiness on your special day. I adore September. It's a great month for birthdays, including mine and my husband's. :)

Love the photo of the elephant.
September 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Lola said…
Many happy returns and hope you enjoy your upcoming trip to Mexico too.

Thanks for stopping by my page - I often visit yours but apologize for not always, unfortunately, having time to leave a comment.

Have a good week,

Nora & Lola:)

PS So sorry to read about your bereavement.
September 7, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Noelle Clearwater said…
I love your photograph Meri. Your elephant's wrinkles are sweet and he looks entirely huggable. Happy Birthday dear. Here is a poem from Mary Oliver whose birthday is just 3 days up the road from yours on Sept. 10. I think it is a good one for your birthday because you give us so many beautiful images full of light:

THE PONDS

Every year
the lilies
are so perfect
I can hardly believe

their lapped light crowding
the black,
mid-summer ponds.
Nobody could count all of them -

the muskrats swimming
among the pads and the grasses
can reach out
their muscular arms and touch

only so many, they are that
rife and wild.
But what in this world
is perfect?

I bend closer and see
how this one is clearly lopsided -
and that one wears an orange blight -
and this one is a glossy cheek

half nibbled away -
and that one is a slumped purse
full of its own
unstoppable decay.

Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled -
to cast aside the weight of facts

and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking

into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing -
that the light is everything - that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do.
from House of Light, Beacon Press, 1990
September 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM
mouse (aka kimy) said…
hippo birdie two ewe, hippo birdie deer meri, hippo birdie two ewe.

hope this year (and all the years to come)overflow with adventures and joy!!

been away from the bloggyhood for a while, and missed out on what has been happening.... off to try and catch up.
September 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Numinosity said…
A veri meri birthday to you. What a perfect picture to make me laugh today.
xoxo Kim
September 7, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Coloring Outside the Lines said…
Happy Birthday Meri! I hope you had a wonderful day.
September 7, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Unknown said…
Happy birthday fellow Virgo! I hope you have a wonderful day and are feeling as wise at that elephant :).

xxx.
September 7, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Delwyn said…
Happy Birthday Meri

may all your days be sweet and joyfilled...

Happy days
September 8, 2010 at 3:43 AM
Elisabeth said…
Wrinkles indeed. Happy birthday Meri.
September 8, 2010 at 4:11 AM
Relyn Lawson said…
You make me laugh. Here I am all bothered by my coming age and you are just laughing and making us laugh. I love that about you. I just love you, my friend. Happy, happy birthday to you. May you have a lovely, lovely year.
September 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Naquillity said…
hope you had a great day Meri~ you deserve all the happiness. great post, btw.
September 9, 2010 at 8:01 AM
deb did it said…
forget the cream...YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!! aghhhhh...I missed my opportunity to wish you a happy-joy-filled day!
September 9, 2010 at 10:23 AM
A.Smith said…
Wrinkles? did you say "wrinkles"? oh love, wrinkles are beautiful, particularly those who come from smiles.

Happy B-day, today is the first day I can more or less type with my left hand. I am thinking of you and hoping you day was wonderful and filled with laughter and promises for a wonderful, fulfilling and healthy year. Much love and many happy returns of the day.
September 9, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Ebie said…
Happy Birthday! May you have many more!
September 12, 2010 at 12:21 AM
kendalee said…
This made me smile! I can relate :)

Belated Birthday wishes for the very richest and most rewarding of years to come! xx
September 12, 2010 at 9:26 AM
rebecca said…
oh meri....
see what happens when life takes us away from our blogging family?? one week in the throws of an unexpected visit from a dear friend and you have celebrated a birthday!!!!
wishing you an abundance of pure happiness, radiant JoY! love.love and more love.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
rebecca
September 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM
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