Birthdays---- and mystery tours.

                                                                           

My Birthday nearly always turns out to be a happy day.

Even the time when I was small and it landed on Good Friday,

that day of sadness and certainly no celebrations.

My devout Irish Granny however was so disturbed

by my crestfallen face that against all

tradition she organised a surprise party for me.

I'm always happy now for my birthday to pass quietly,

but it's great to be remembered by loved ones.

A lovely surprise from Joe was a little book with the story

of Heidi. He knows how much I loved it as a child,

and this is a version for young readers

because ofcourse he knows that I am young at heart.

My love of goats' milk and cheese stems I'm sure

 from that unforgettable scene with Heidi

up in the mountains with Grandfather

enjoying for the first time a jug

of rich creamy goats'milk. I can still see and taste it!

I was so sad to learn recently how much the Heidi

theme has been commercialised today.

'A Daisy a Day.'---a painting from my website.

http://www.maureenhughes.artspan.com/

Daisies with their central 'sun' are my birth flower, 

and I'm sure today will be  a lovely sunshine day.

---a bit of a mystery tour I think.

Going with the flow and just knowing that good things

will happen.One thing I know for sure is that this evening

there will be the traditional House Blessings.

What a way to end a brthday!

Mo.

'Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that

 the people who have the most live the longest.'----Larry Lorenzoni.

'Because time is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday

each year: the same energy that God invested in you

at birth is present once again.'

M.M. Schneerson.

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