Village Elder Gifts

"I'm starting to miss the summer people. It's been weeks since I glowered."

Prize vegetables.

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

Country Bumpkin.

"I often consult with a higher authority... my grandmother."

Wyatt returns home to visit his old small town.

Abstract expressionist face painting.

'You may disagree with me now, Son, but when you're 500 years old, you'll understand.'

'There is a fancy name for your condition...Let's just call it 86 and counting.'

'Oh, to be 75 again!'

'It will save us time if you don't tell me what still works and and what doesn't hurt.'

Developers at small African village.

"Meanwhile, in the Memory Care Unit... I said, your secret’s safe with me."

'For heaven's sake, Armitage... Can't you just accept 2nd place in the best leek category??'

Model Village/Realistic Model Village.

A sign in a small town reads "Entering historic Brookfield - A quaint fishing village with a parking problem".

"You are taking the responsibility as an elder to shepherd the flock a little too serious."

Intentional Community vs. Community of Sheer Happenstance

To protest the lousy food at the nursing home, the guys, just like back in the day, staged a 'sit-in'. Unfortunately, nobody noticed.

"Relax, at your age it's perfectly natural to make groaning noises every time you move a body part."

Ageing Population

"It's been a struggle for Carlos to adjust to rural life, but now he's finally been accepted as the village idiot."

Entering Clogsted.

'That be the village sane person,sir!'

"Don't bother complaining about anything to granddad...he'll just say 'these are the best days of your life!!!'"

Boomer Emojis

Elderly religious cleric takes stair lift up the temple.

The Pillory: Thief, Gossip, Adulterer.

"Face it, Dear, we're in a desperate battle with gravity...and it's winning!"

"By our estimates, it's going to take two villages to raise Joey."

Plunder Local.

'...Why that young Whippersnapper...!'