Birthday Breakfast

I had almost forgotten about my birthday, or at least it wasn't on my mind when I got up. When I turned on the computer, however, I received a pop-up notice that a longtime friend had sent a Jacquie Lawson card. She sends me one of these beautiful, animated cards every year. Sadly, I can only show you a screen capture of one frame.

My second surprise was of Sue coming into the den with a gift. We are planning a little family celebration this evening, so I wasn't expecting anything yesterday morning.

It's a very light-weight hoodie, very handy for offering a bit of protection from the biters when  I go out for one of my buggy photoshoots in summer. Yet, with the long sleeves and hoodie, it also offers somewhat extra warmth on a cool morning in the house, which yesterday most definitely was.

I was expecting the next thing, however – breakfast on the patio. Although the day was chilly, it's still a grand spot. (The pano does show distortion on the right, but that doesn't matter.)

Despite the coolness, I enjoyed breakfast.

Sue remembered the obligatory selfie, which I would have forgotten.

On the way home, we stopped for our usual Fall Mums, but we strayed a way from the standard yellows and oranges although there is still some yellow in these baskets.

When we got home, I had to get a snap of this.

Two work crews arrived to the same spot on the same day. One to do something or other in a backyard, and the other to remove the old neighbourhood mail boxes and install the new ones. I'm sure it was a most unappreciated synchronicity by both crews.