還暦祝いの赤いスネーク・スケルヴ・ナンバー60である

還暦とは5回目の年男（巳年）であり、3回目にして男最後の厄年でもあるってことで、これを乗り越えれば気楽な余生が待っている？
家内が店主の誕生日に間に合うようBrandt Peters（ブラント・ピータース）に頼んだ特別誂えのスネーク・スケルヴが1ヵ月とチョイ遅れて届き、ありがたく頂戴した次第。One's 60th birthday is the fifth cycle through the Chinese zodiac (year of the snake), and the third time through the cycle is the last critical age for a man. Does this mean that if I get through this, a peaceful old age is waiting for me?
A commission to create of the Snake Skelve that my wife ordered from Brandt Peters to be in time for my birthday came a little over a month late, but I was glad to get it.
And thank you very much Brandt! In Japan we celebrate our 60th birthday by wearing a red vest called a chachanko, and your piece is a perfect match down to the color.