Wrinkles
My friends are tired.
The ones who are married are tired
of being married.
The ones who are single are tired
of being single.
They look at their wrinkles.
The ones who are single attribute their wrinkles
to being single.
The ones who are married attribute their wrinkles
to being married.
They have very few wrinkles.
Even taken together,
they have very few wrinkles.
But I cannot persuade them
to look at their wrinkles
collectively.
& I cannot persuade them that being married
or being single
has nothing to do with wrinkles.
Each one sees a deep & bitter groove,
a San Andreas fault across her forehead.
"It is only a matter of time
before the earthquake."
They trade the names of plastic surgeons
like recipes.
My friends are tired.
The ones who have children are tired
of having children.
The ones who are childless are tired
of being childless.
They love their wrinkles.
If only their were deeper
they could hide.
Sometimes I think
(but do not dare to tell them)
that when the face is left alone to dig its grave,
the soul is grateful
& rolls in.
-Erica Jong
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Today JEJ and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We started our morning in the wedding garden. It is hard to believe we started this garden eleven years ago. 
Here is the early morning view from the wedding garden.
Slowly many of our cats and dogs decided to come and join us while we sipped our tea and coffee and enjoyed the beautiful, cooler weather ( We actually had to use a lap blanket and a fleece jacket!). Of course, Kit is always around when we gather outside.
The next thing we knew Annie and McDuff were moving in closer to celebrate. 
McDuff decided JEJ's lap even looked more inviting....but he passed on the tea!
Isabelle woke up , stretched and strolled over to the garden.
Shelby felt she needed to keep my seat warm while I wandered around to take pictures. 
Another added bonus this morning was the lingering scent of the phlox that moved through the morning air. It was a lovely way to start our anniversary day. For other camera critters, you can go here.
