Well, she’ll probably strangle me for posting this, but the ORIGINAL Katie – my sister Kate – is FIFTY years old today. But she’ll always be six and a half in my imagination!
Here’s a photo of our first trip to London – at the zoo – back in the 1960s. Happy faraway days. Who’d have thought that cheeky little girl would inspire a million-selling series of books from her kid brother eh?
Time’s winged chariot flies so fast these days. You can’t spend your life looking back. But today, I think I might be allowed to think of the games we played in our big Bramley apple tree; the earwig ridden treehouse; the “lapin” family; Dolly Darlings; playing “Shazzan” in the hammock; trips to Frida’s sweetshop; the legendary railway-messenger-service between our rooms… and for a million other memories and a lifetime of stories: thanks Kate! And here’s a song, just for you:
MY SISTER KATE (Click Here!)
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