Best Birthday!

This entry is going to be a bit more personal.  As I would like to thank my wife for making my birthday the other day, one of if not the best birthday’s that I have had.

It started off with a cup of coffee (see below).  The night before I had had several glasses of not so expensive red wine, so I was experiencing something some of you might be familiar with, a lovely headache.  The first sip from the cup and I felt I was drinking the best cup of joe ever.  Which of course prompted me to make this hurried still life.

That was only the beginning.  She and our two year old daughter sang “Happy Birthday” to me (in English). Still more to come though,  as our daughter then said “I love you Papa”.  What can I say.  The first time to hear that and on my birthday.  Who could ask for a better present then that.  For those of you that have had a similar experience, then you know what I am talking about.  For those of you who haven’t, then I hope some day you will or at least some comparable feeling.

So many thanks to you Kea my darling for the wonderful day you made of it.

The first photo is of that cup of joe (minus one delicious sip).  The second is of our daughter and her new friend Bernie.  Bernie incidentally is one of the finest actors that I have ever met.  His rendition of a homeless, jobless, hungry person was nothing short of brilliance.  A real bravo standing ovation performance.  Maybe it was even for my benefit?