Two of the many many highlights of my day (I got so many amazing presents):
A rhyme which was on the gift tag of a present from a certain friend; his family have a tradition whereby each gift is adorned with a rhyme/riddle that describes either the person it's for, or the object enclosed within. It's the first time in 8 years of friendship that I have been honoured enough to get a riddle! So I thought I would share it with you...here it is:
In 40 years, when you are old
(if I may be quite so bold)
when you have a housewife been
to the needs of children seen
then from this you'd take a sip
and as it passed across your lip
you would think "how right for me!
This housewife drink that I here see!"
By now you will have guessed, I fear,
what lies within the paper here.
So all I say is raise a glass
to 8 years forward
and 8 years past.
And another highlight- my aunt and uncle and cousins gave me some beautiful bracelets, and they wrapped the box in French newspapers, and string- they told me they'd saved a special page for me, and this was it:
And now I shall go back to watching Doctor Who! Best wishes to you and yours.
When the days are the shortest, the nights are the coldest,
The frost is the sharpest, the year is the oldest,
The sun is the weakest, the wind is the hardest,
The snow is the deepest, the skies are the darkest,
Then polish your whiskers and tidy your nest,
And dress in your richest and finest and best...
For Winter has brought you the worst it can bring,
And now it will give you
The promise of Spring!
