Best part is they are over 100 years old! AMAZING!
My own Aunt Elsie has turned 98 recently, bless her! And we can secretly hope she makes 100, its only a natural desire on our part - and I don't want to think of her gone, as she represents the last of my older generation. She's my Dad's sister and sister to 3, and a relative to many. She has outlived some of her younger relations including 2 nephews and unfortunately one very much younger great-neice. But she just talked with me on Valentines - alert and charming! This means we've been blessed to have been able to chat as long as I can remember and my own children have had her to inspire them.
So I guess too that hearing the oldest lady on our planet died recently at the young age of 127! Like I didn't even think that was possible! I know several people in their late nineties - and they all share a wonderful spirit - very inspiring to know them.
Well, here are a couple of charming ladies as you can see that have been featured for the mere fact they've passed 100 and still work at what keeps them going - and look how lovely they are!
Lovely Lady in Hat celebrate 101 - see her inspiring story
I guess I could of called this "Fantastic Ladies in Fabulous Hats!"....which totally reminds me of another elderly relation, Great Aunt Bessy was from my 'second family' - really friends who helped look after me when my DAD was away in military service. She would come strolling down in her sweet walking pace wearing: a massive and over-the-top decorated hat and matching rattan handbag! OMG - her hat was something to behold - started out a simple straw floppy hat to which she added more flowers, ribbon and thingy-a-bobs than you think you could imagine- and some trim around the edges to boot! Floppy to keep the sun off your face [they knew back then to do that!] and she'd wear a floral dress, belted neatly and oodles of beaded necklaces, and large clip-on earrings. She'd carry a tortoise-shell handled, straw tote with thickly stitched yarn flowers! And sensible walking shoes!
Best part - she had the sweetest disposition you'd evah lay eyes on! And it showed because along with all that dressing up - she'd be wearing a beautiful smile...and at no-one in particular, just happy to be out and smiling at the world!
When she would bend down to plant a kiss on me, you knew you'd been kissed [with the ruby coloured kiss on your cheek to prove it, lol] and the rose or lavender scent of perfume stayed with you.........awh, what is it with these grand old ladies!
Yes, I could take a lesson from them - I think we tend to worry about too much - and care a little too hard about our appearances when the real trick is to be happy and flaunt everything you've got from the exquisite to the obsurd....and live it up a little!
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