Birthday Thanks

[smallhobbit]

All things considered, I had a good birthday.  My mother phoned to wish me Happy Birthday - which wouldn't be unusual for many people, but she's in a care home and generally very woolly about dates, so that was a lovely way to begin the day.  We also got to see my son and granddaughter in the afternoon, which will be the last time for at least five weeks, so that was good.  And I treated myself to a livestream of a play from Chichester Festival Theatre.  I wasn't struck with the play, and it confirmed me in my view that live streaming isn't really for me, but I was treating more as a donation to a theatre we had liked when we'd been so I didn't regret it.

My son had made me a Mary Berry banana cake with honey icing, which was delicious.  And SM made me a chocolate cake, equally enjoyable.



My thanks go to mafief  shallowness corvidology and solosundance for their good wishes; moth2fic for a post featuring a spooky Tintern Abbey and rusty_armour for a very appropriate card featuring Raymond de Merville here , to  margaret_r luthienberen and moth2fic for their e-cards, all of which made me smile.  Also to stonepicnicking_okapi and debriswoman for all their good wishes.

stonepicnicking_okapi wrote me an amazing fic, which combined Shakespeare, Bagginshield and the Ferret, so was guaranteed to be a great success: The Play's The Thing

And friends and family gave me lots of crafty presents for my birthday, which was wonderful:



My mother gave me a craft tidy (I bought it for myself on her behalf) and here it is all sorted!



 

Comments

[shallowness]

That sounds delightful!

[smallhobbit]

It was - rather surprisingly all things considered.

[ride_4ever]

That sounds like a happy birthday indeed!Belated happy birthday greetings to you!

[smallhobbit]

It was a good one. Thank you very much!

[rachelindeed]

That's all lovely! Wishing you all the best for a good year ahead :)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much :)

[innie_darling]

I'm so sorry the significance of the date slipped my mind - my belated wishes for a lovely birthday and a fantastic year!

[smallhobbit]

Please don't apologise - I would never post expecting good wishes in response. I was simply sharing what had been a surprisingly good day, in a not-good year. But thank you very much for your good wishes :)

[badly_knitted]

Eeep! Belated Happy Birthday!

Can te new community be my gift to you? get_knitted is live!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. That is the perfect gift :)

[badly_knitted]

Yay! You even get to be the first member!

[kingstoken]

Happy belated birthday!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[rusty_armour]

I'm glad that you managed to have such a nice birthday, despite the shadow of COVID-19. It's great that your mother phoned to wish you a Happy Birthday and that you were able to spend the afternoon with your son and granddaughter. That Mary Berry cake sounds delicious, and SM's cake looks delicious!

It's really nice that so many people sent you good wishes and other goodies, like e-cards and fic. It looks like you received a great collection of crafty gifts from your family. I guess it's a good thing that your mother bought you that craft tidy, which is very impressive btw.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. My mother asked me what I wanted, and after some thought I decided a craft tidy would be something useful which I would use nearly every day, so next time I phone her I can tell her how good it is.

[luthienberen]

I am so happy you had such a splendid day (and those cakes sound delicious!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! Fortunately there is still some of both cakes left, so we can continue to enjoy them.

[clarasteam]

happy birthday for yesterday! I'm glad it was a good one.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. Yes, it was good :)

[corvidology]

I'm glad you had a great birthday despite the shadow of COVID and that craft tidy looks lovely.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :) I do wonder how long the craft tidy will stay in that state ...

[solosundance]

Mmmm cake!! Glad you had a nice day.

[smallhobbit]

Excellent cake! And thank you.

[scfrankles]

It's lovely to hear that you had a good day, and that you were able to have some contact with your family. And I'm very jealous of those cakes ^____^

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Cakes were excellent!

[adafrog]

Glad you had a good birthday.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[margaret_r]

What a lovely birthday for you, such gorgeous gifts and the cake looks yummy.

It's sad to hear about the lockdown, hopefully it will only be the five weeks. Our States are gradually coming out of restrictions but I'm not putting too much hope in seeing the grandkids before or even at Christmas just yet. It's been over twelve months, but maybe early next year we'll be able to travel.

[smallhobbit]

Yes, I did very well.

It's the little things I'll miss, as well, of course, as family. I'm really sorry you've not seen your grandkids for so long.

[talkingtothesky]

Happy Birthday! ♥

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I am so glad you had a good birthday. I am especially glad that you got a call from your mother. That is a nice way to start the day. And it looks like you need a craft tidy because you have a lot of crafting to do. And I saw badly knitted's new comm. So serendipitous.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - yes, it was lovely to her from her.

I'd thought about something my mother could give me, and a craft tidy seemed a good idea - even more so than I expected :)

[moth2fic]

That all sounds lovely! I got phone calls for my birthday, too, and husband shopped for, cooked, and cleared up after a gorgeous posh dinner. I got mostly books for presents but sis-in-law is a keen amateur painter and I got a fabulous card from her which will be framed. It's amazing what families can manage when they set their minds to it! We were already in tier 3 so actually meeting wasn't an option. I'm glad you had that togetherness which might carry you through the next few weeks!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I'm glad your birthday went well too. I got a book token from my MIL, so books have been ordered.

We were fortunate to meet - the knowledge of the impending lockdown spurred us on there.