The Summer of Colour #7 Purple

It's now ....

PURPLE

week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'

-oOo-

Now, I'm not usually a purple lover...

and really had no idea what to do with purple week,

until a comment left by The Wright Stuff

(Sorry don't know your real name?)

on my last weeks red challenge

inspired my piece for this weeks challenge.

I was reminded of the Jenny Joseph poem...

Warning...When I grow old I shall wear purple.

 So some more journal pages....

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

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.

..and Wahoo, I've just found out that I've won last weeks (red) challenge via Karen, Jo and Netty's lovely comments - thank you ladies :)

and Thank you sooo much again Kristin for this amazing challenge, and your generosity .

Now next week is  ORANGE week

another huge challenge for me!

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x