One more Birthday

How many times can one celebrate the entrance into this Mortal condition?  Well, as many times as you want and you do not have to wait 12 months between celebrations either.  I have a friend with whom I exchange birthday cards.  It started because I could not remember when her birthday was so I sent her a card each month and that way it did not matter exactly when her birthday occurred, she had a card to cover the event 11 other times 'just in case'.  Last year I celebrated for over a month.  Oh yes, I could remember when my birthday was, but it was more fun to celebrate the occasion with my quilting friends, my weaving friends, my church friends and my family also joined in and it was a lot of fun.  This year I think it will only last one day but it has been a day packed with wishes over the internet, phone calls from family here and in Australia and even at the Archives.  When we arrived, Art and Bill sang happy birthday to me, Peter stopped in to say happy Birthday, Ann was working in our room and we laughed a lot over birthdays etc. and then Jeff came in and wished me happy birthday.  Last night Bill bought me a bouquet of 12 roses.  We do not have a tall vase, or any vase for that matter, so he wrestled the blender into submission and put the roses in the blender.  Now, that is a novel place to put one dozen roses, but it means that I cannot have a smoothie until the roses wilt and I hope that they stay fresh for a good while.

 One dozen roses resting in a blender.  They will be removed before I make my next smoothie.

This Lobster Cake is made up of 12 cupcakes frosted to look like a lobster.  Oh yes, there was gobs of frosting but it is the most unique cake I have ever had.  After all, Maine is known for its Lobsters and what better way to celebrate a birthday and a birthday in Maine no less, than with a Lobster Cake.