Thursday, 7 March 2019

59 not out...

I had an enjoyable birthday yesterday. I was in Edinburgh for my weekly art history course, l then had lunch with two of my daughters at the Portrait Gallery before looking round the BP portrait completion exhibition. Home for presents
Hardly visible is a  game Letter Tycoon which has some beautiful graphics and look forward to trying it. The girls made a birthday meal afterwards. A good day .
Today Jan would have been 57  and she is much in our thoughts. When we first met it was a fun thing that we had  birthdays a day apart.  A  recently widowed friend told me this week of the idea of  “sappy “ occasions which are both happy and exhausting. I was rather taken with the idea and thought it was a great way of thinking about the time leading up to anniversaries or memorable events.  We will get through this sappy day today.
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14 comments:

  1. Peter Douglas7 March 2019 at 12:51

    Happy birthday! Sounds like you had a grand day out with the girls.

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  2. Robert (Bob) Cordery7 March 2019 at 17:04

    Happy birthday!

    All the best,

    Bob

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  3. Grenzer John7 March 2019 at 17:19

    Happy birthday, Your Grace!

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  4. Jim Duncan Wargamer7 March 2019 at 17:42

    Happy Birthday Alan.

    Next month I will be 10 years in front of you.

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  5. Mark, Man of TIN7 March 2019 at 18:28

    Happy Birthday Alan! Is this day celebrated as an Imagi-National day in the Duchy?

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  6. Maudlin Jack Tar7 March 2019 at 18:43

    59 not out - well played Sir.

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  7. Springinsfeld7 March 2019 at 19:12

    Huzzah... Happy Birthday to you Alan.
    all the best
    Mike

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  8. Douglas 7 March 2019 at 19:18

    I wish you the best of times.

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  9. Fitz-Badger7 March 2019 at 23:51

    Sappy Birthday! :)

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  10. El Grego8 March 2019 at 01:02

    A bit late - Happy birthday

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  11. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com8 March 2019 at 02:47

    A belated happy birthday and many more to come. It seems good to me to remember and cherish good memories and keep them alive as you move forward.

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  12. Brian Carrick8 March 2019 at 07:21

    Belated Birthday wishes Alan, I saw these figures in tricornes (half way down the link) and thought of you http://www.louis-liljedahl.se/he%20figs.htm Best wishes, Brian.

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  13. tradgardmastare8 March 2019 at 07:41

    Thanks everyone!

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  14. David Sullivan9 March 2019 at 18:10

    Best wishes on this milestone, albeit a bit late. Five-nine looms on my horizon. I hope I face the day as well as you have. (Frankly, I’m a bit tired of aging, but the only alternative is not to my liking.)

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