Baking, Nursing, and a Taste of Australia

To celebrate Polly turning 60 on 7th May, her husband commissioned a special card. He shared that his wife's interests include cooking, especially baking, as well as nursing, and asked that I incorporate the Clalit Health Services logo, where she works, on the card. Clalit Health Services is Israel's largest health maintenance organisation (HMO). He also requested images of Australia, where the couple recently enjoyed a three-week holiday.

I decided to show bespectacled Polly baking some heart-shaped cookies. She is wearing her white coat, with the Clalit kupa (health organisation) logo on it, and blue disposable medical gloves. Next to her I added a cooking pot and a wooden spoon, and on her other side, a little bottle of medicine, some capsules and a plaster. I also included photos of Sydney Opera House and Uluru, or Ayers Rock, two places I know that the couple visited on their Australia trip. Finally, I added a large 60 to mark Polly's age, and underneath it, the emblem of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), which features a sword wrapped in an olive branch inside a Star of David. Polly does some part-time work for the IDF.

Her husband was very happy to see the card. "It is perfect, and you are the best!" he said.

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