A swan moves across a pond so still you can see the ripples it leaves, past water lilies and a few pink roses at the edge. The light is early morning. Everything in the picture is unhurried, which is exactly the feeling a birthday wish should carry.
A good picture for a mother or mother-in-law, a wife, a grandmother, or a friend whose taste runs to pearls rather than glitter. Below the heading, in the same violet as the lettering above, the name is added in plum script.
Words for her: “Happy birthday to the most graceful woman I know. The world is gentler with you in it.” Or: “Happy birthday, Mom. Thank you for teaching me how to be kind.”
