These last couple days have been filled with birthday fun. It started the day before my birthday. Painting was interrupted by a heavenly smell coming out of the kitchen. I stepped out of my studio just in time to catch this!
And, this!
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| (Not to worry...beaters were soaked in bleachy water) |
That afternoon, lemon icing was dripping down Glen's delicious masterpiece...
And then, final touch; a topping of freshly picked raspberries from the berry patch....
We couldn't wait. We had our own high tea with lemon-raspberry cake and a steaming cup of earl grey tea. You can get his easy-to-make recipe for Glen's Lemon-Raspberry Cake here.
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| Glen's lemon-raspberry cake with fresh raspberry jam filling |
I decided to turn out the lights in the paint studio early and get some fresh air after such a decadent snack. I noticed even our trees were all lemon and raspberry!
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| One of our many sunset maples |
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| One of our silver maples |
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| The stately red maple; a Christmas present from my in-laws |
A beautiful autumn day greeted us again the next day, my birthday, so we had a beautiful country drive through golden vineyards and a visit to some fun shops. Cotton lives for drives such as these (and also licking cake beaters, I found out.)
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| Time to greet the paparazzi |
You may have seen her recently on some social media sites. "Her Coolness" gets a lot of pictures taken in her Doggles.
Getting older doesn't bother me a bit, especially with celebrations such as this!
Getting older doesn't bother me a bit, especially with celebrations such as this!
What a nice surprise Nancy! Wouldn't mind a birthday treat like that. And Cotton is so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you (& your family) for another uplifting blog & a smile for me : o )