Sheila Clarke

Mom,Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Friend, Farmer, Construction Worker, Secretary,Gopher,Goat Momma, Good Girl, Country Girl, Hard Worker, Minion!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@BrunoMars very sweet of you! I'm a farmer as well, it's a nasty day!!! Couldn't afford to see you, but I thought of all the people heading there today!!! no matter what, have fun!!! I'm going in to get dry, lol!!! looks like an afternoon nap!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@GreysABC not watching till the season is over! I'm behind from Christmas Break!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

it'sy Birthday, Happy Birthday, @CoachNichols , @PauleyP ,@jannarden , @MariahCarey ,@NathanFillion , all my twins!!! Much love and Blessings!!! xoxo! #March27

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@MariahCarey Happy Birthday, Twin!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@pagetpaget @GuyFieri Happy Birthday!!!! 🎂

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating at a home associated with director Rob Reiner, sources say
https://t.co/g2ktAQG0Qu

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

Happy Hanukkah from your friends on Sesame Street! 💙

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

🎤 drop

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@BoringBiz_ Biggest Fucking Scam of the Century!!! Divide the world!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@reba Happy Birthday, Rex!!! Xo

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

Rest Easy, Patty

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@FT Cool

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

Agent cat 🐱

[daysofourlivesclassics @daysclassics]

Days of Our Lives.

Access Hollywood Exclusive.

©️NBC/Peacock
Access Hollywood S29E111
February 12, 2025

#daysofourlives #days #DOOL #DAYS60

[Charlie Brown Fan Account @Peanuts_4Fans]

#Peanuts

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

@mitchlafon @catturd2 @elonmusk Amen, that's our plan too

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO ME, @MariahCarey , @PauleyP , @jannarden , @sammynic , @NathanFillion , and many more!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO ME!!!!!!

[Sheila Clarke @Chelly74]

I agree, not one for politics to be spouted out, sadly folks use this platform for more brainwashing!!!

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

The #Oscars2025 Were refreshingly 99% politics free! The wonderful @ConanOBrien brought to mind the great Billy Crystal with his charming and funny monologue. Kept it light throughout. A couple little political outbursts, but really it was all about movies. And no red hand pins - huzzah!

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

This was a low point. It is radical islamists whose goal is to wipe out Jews, not the other way around.