The Birthday of Consequence

My 80th birthday began with wonderful happenings.  In addition to Dorothy and Ken's arrival the evening before, Ron got up early and went to the store to bring home this wonderful bouquet of 12 white roses.  Dorothy and Ken gave me this wonderful picture book that he had made with help from family, especially Dwight, my brother photographer.  The book is wonderful - I wish I could share it with my family from here, but guess you'll have to come to Preston to see it.

We went to Logan to a late lunch - went to Tandoori Ovens, which Dorothy and Ken had found the evening before - an Indian cafe contiguous with a gas station.  The food was fantastic!  We are converts - the surroundings aren't luxurious, but oh, the food was good.

We were sitting in the living room recovering from our food and visiting when the three neighbor kids came to the front door, bearing a peace lily for my birthday.  They are so cute - have to get a picture of them.

Then, Ken made a fantastic carrot cake, and Dorothy made the frosting - what luxury!  And so the day ended with lots of visiting and reminiscing in between.  And so we finished the day - calls and best wishes from many.  A birthday I won't soon forget - maybe it will be enough for next year, too.