happy 100th birthday, granny the great!
Granny the Great, c. 2005
Today is my grandmother's 100th birthday. Needless to say, this is an amazingly special day for our family. On behalf of all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Marcus, Alex and I took bouquets made of 100 anthureums (the flowers shown in this post) to her house last night, and placed them all over the place, so when she wakes up this morning, she'll be met by an explosion of colour.* Then, the entire family is accompanying her to a Mass at her church. This evening, there will be a huge party (with an extensive guest list which SHE specified -- granny don't play). As unofficial party photographer, I'll be sure to have lots of photographs to share.
So anyway, happy birthday, my beautiful grandmother. Know your family adores you.
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* The idea of 100 anthureums was given to me by Chookooloonks reader twocatmommy, a month ago when I asked for ideas for the perfect gift. Twocatmommy, if you're reading this, please e-mail me a snailmail address where I can send you a small token of my gratitude!
Happy Birthday Granny the Great! You are a very beautiful lady with a very beautiful family! Love from Houston!
Posted by: Cheryl | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 06:57 AM
How wonderful! Have a great time at the party!
Posted by: Natalee | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 09:18 AM
She makes aging look wonderful.
Posted by: Lu | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 09:45 AM
Granny looks AMAZING at 100! Happy Birthday to her and I hope you both have a great day!
Posted by: victoria | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 09:49 AM
Yippee! Thanks Karen and happy birthday Granny! I sent you an email.
Posted by: twocatmommy | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 10:07 AM
Happy Birthday to Granny the Great. She is so BEAUTIFUL and she looks so wise! I know she will love waking up to such beautiful flowers. What a wonderful idea.
Posted by: Sylvie | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 10:48 AM
She REALLY does look Great!! Happy Birthday and I know it will be a great weekend.
Posted by: dave / higher powered | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 11:44 AM
She is stunning. And I'm completely in love with the fact that she's wearing kick-ass red lipstick.
Happy Birthday to your Granny!
Posted by: Kristin | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 02:45 PM
I'm now convinced that all the beautiful people in the world come from your family. LOL. Seriously, granny is amazingly beautiful at 100.
Posted by: BrendaS | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 04:17 PM
100 has GOT to be the new 60, at least where Granny the Great is concerned! God bless her, and you are all blessed to have such a great matriarchal figure in your family.
Happy birthday grams!
--Candy
Posted by: Calor | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 07:18 PM
Wow, your grandmother looks amazing for her age. What is her secret?
Congratulations to her.
Posted by: Zoe | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 07:31 PM
She doesn't look a day over 80...
Posted by: sungoddesss | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 07:38 PM
Hi Granny the Great!
The anthurium bouquets were a LOVELY idea - Granny looks amazing! I remember last years' post (99 b-day) with her sage advice for a long happy life. Yeah for all of you! Can't wait to see the pictures of all the Chookoloonks family and friends.
Posted by: Meepers | Friday, June 23, 2006 at 10:32 PM
What an amazing-looking grandmother. She's beautiful. Give her a big hug and tell her it's from North Carolina. ;-)
Posted by: Doug | Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 11:21 PM
Happy Birthday Granny the Great! I only wish I will look that good when I am 70. She has a lot to celebrate in her life.
Posted by: Jo in Utah | Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 11:59 AM
What a beautiful woman. She looks amazing at 100!
Happy birthday to Gran the Great!
Posted by: jody2ms | Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 10:14 AM