Sunday, 29 July 2012

Growing old together


Iris has lost the ability to smile, but Twiggy doesn't mind; Iris is still Iris. To Twiggy she is. They still belong to each other. Best mates.

They spend time together every other day: they shuffle the corridors; they listen to stories. Twiggy sits at her slippers, while Iris slurps her cup of tea, waiting for the crumbs of biscuit that flutter down from the trembling lips.

It is hard to know who will toddle off first: Twiggy or her Iris.

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12 comments:

  1. VickiJuly 29, 2012 12:08 pm

    Wonderful studies, Julie. They really touch the heart.

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  2. Kay L. DaviesJuly 29, 2012 12:34 pm

    You are a wonderful artist with your camera, Julie.
    K

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  3. AnnJuly 29, 2012 2:44 pm

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

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  4. MarkJuly 29, 2012 5:16 pm

    A very poignant post Julie.

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  5. JoJuly 29, 2012 6:19 pm

    Poignant thoughts and wonderful photography, Julie.

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  6. Joan ElizabethJuly 29, 2012 10:12 pm

    Sad to think of how either will get on without the other. Another lovely portrait.

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  7. brattcatJuly 29, 2012 10:33 pm

    sigh, just a sigh.

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  8. ThérèseJuly 30, 2012 2:26 am

    Very touching.
    You know that in France they decided to officially change the verb "grow old" into "advance into age!"
    I am definitively growing old...

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  9. CarverJuly 30, 2012 7:16 am

    Wonderful portrait (last shot) and I also like the other one.

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  10. JillyJuly 30, 2012 6:26 pm

    This is so true. Dogs have a way of bridging that gap and really help old people, sick people. I recently sent a dog to Australia. A couple (sadly the husband has early onset Alzheimer's) - it was a sevon month process to reunite dog and family and she came out of quarantine last Saturday and Daisy sits happily under the husband's legs and comforts him. She's a labrador.

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  11. KateJuly 30, 2012 9:48 pm

    I wish that the knowledge of the value of dogs for people (of any age!) were more wide-spead. I understand people with allergies who are reluctant to be around them, but the dogs(as well as other animals) are so valuable to reduce stress and help humans in many respects. So many studies have been done and been publicized that I'm still amazed at some of the ignorance surrounding the presence of dogs, esp in public places.

    Thanks for spreading the word with sensitive photos.

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  12. PerthDailyPhotoAugust 01, 2012 11:57 am

    No words Julie, just tears rolling down, you are amazing both with word and image.. and damn, mascara blinding me!

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