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04-JUL-2010

Freedom

Olympus E-PL1
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Carl and Racine Erland08-Jul-2010 06:55
With age comes the freedom to express ourselves without the constraints of our younger
years....hurrah for you!!!! Great image! - Racine
Jola Dziubinska06-Jul-2010 22:51
Freedom for color on our heads!! Great challenge shot. V.
laine05-Jul-2010 21:10
Not suggesting that 70 is old, Sandra :))
laine05-Jul-2010 21:09
I am reminded of that great poem by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.

�

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

�

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Ken Duckert05-Jul-2010 15:01
Freedom with panache!
Wolfgang Bluhm05-Jul-2010 14:51
Yes, it's a free country!
Astrid Taen05-Jul-2010 07:17
What a wonderful freedom.
Norbert Fortelny05-Jul-2010 06:32
Yes.
LynnH04-Jul-2010 22:33
The best part of growing old... recognizing what is truly important. That in itself is the ultimate freedom. Now, if only we could get our joints to stop aching! Very nice work for your Freedom image.
carol j. phipps04-Jul-2010 19:04
Live it up! Be responsibly free forever!
larose forest photos04-Jul-2010 17:16
Great shot and take on this challenge! V
BleuEvanescence04-Jul-2010 16:03
Yesssssss!
Stephanie04-Jul-2010 11:09
Love the added red color Sandra! Along with your blue shirt and you are in the true spirit of America's 4th of July celebration! :)
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