Sue's Driveway Party

Sue's birthday is not until Thursday, so next weekend would ordinarily be the time to celebrate. But when I looked at the forecast, this weekend was predicted to be much better than next, and it was also Sha's weekend with the kids.

Last year, the pandemic was so new, and as we all attempted to understand it, Sue had to settle for not much more that drive-by type of acknowledgement from the kids. It was touching at the time, but we wanted to do better this year.

With the temperature getting up to a balmy 15C/59F we gathered in the driveway for an outdoor, well-distanced celebration.

Instead of the usual cake, I picked up cinnamon buns from the little shop around the corner: a rather unpopulated shop where I can be in and out in a matter of minutes. We set them up in the table with the blue cloth behind Sue's upraised hand in the above photo. Her cinnamon bun (below) had a special touch.

These things are scrumptiously decadent, possibly the best anywhere

I managed to get one lit long enough to present it, but the breeze quickly put out the flames.

My gift was a new winter hat for the lady, which will not likely be worn until about December. It is something that she wanted but had forgotten that she had even requested it, so it was a fine surprise.

We lucked out with the good weather, which is not something that you can count on in March. It was a quiet but quite wonderful, little event, the kind of thing that we have learned to appreciate in these recent days.