Monday is Diane's Birthday

Yabb dabba - happy birthday!

We have a public holiday in your honour.

Heading out on the harbour in a friend's boat. Will certainly think of you!

Diane--

Merry, merry Monday and Happy Birthday, too. May the pounds melt away while your joys increase.

Enjoy your day, Diane!

I hope you have a marvellous weekend and wonderful b'day, Diane. And many, many more.

Have a nice Easter-weekend .... and wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Happy birthday, Diane!

Happy birthday, querida. I hope your birthday wish comes true.

Happy Birthday lady..

Happy Birthday, Diane! (Hope you get to the Flying Star for the real thing.)

Happy birthday, sweetie!

From one D to another: Happy BD!

Diane


Diane, Dolly and Maddy lugged this big birthday cake to your door without taking a single bite.

Enjoy, luv

BBB

Diane, dear,

I know that I am probably not the best friend to you. There are so many things that I wish had happened to me, you turned out to be one of the best and all the credit for that goes to you.

There is so much I want to learn from you. Your ability to forgive and forget in a heart beat, your ever smiling cheerful attitude, your patience.

My gift to you this birthday is a promise that you'll keep my friendship forever.

There is so much more I want to say, but can't find words.

Even these ones I picked up here and there.

All I can say right now is that I wish you all the happiness in the world.

Francis

(Please, tell Bob I never liked him).

Diane .... Wishing you the happiest of birthdays.






May you be surrounded by the love and beauty of all the people and things you love the most.

Hummingbirds at Birth

Edgar, dear friend, how did you know my birthday was

near? I had actually forgotten!

So thank you, to one of my favorite people on a2k.

Margo, a public holiday, huh? What do you celebrate? Is

the day after Easter a big day off in Australia? Thanks

for the good wishes.

Noddy, always holding her dominion and helping the rest

of us do the same. The pounds come and go but the joys

are always there, whether bright and shining or

bittersweet, it's all good.

Squinney, sweet thing, that cake put five pounds on each

hip, but it was sooooo good--and I saved the beautiful

hummingbird decoration. How about coming out here to

share some. I'll put on some good Jamaican coffee or tea.

Mame, Walter, Roberta, you all are so special to me.

Roberta, though, is someone who has added so much to my

life in the form of friendship that never falters, even

when I don't communicate for long periods of time. I love

you Boidy.

Shewolf, I was thinking of you last night while looking

at that gorgeous moon. I howled, softely, but I howled.

Did you?

And you sent a lovely picture of a hummingbird. I'll be

putting out the feeders today and placing dryer lint and

red thread in little corners and indentations of the

trees. If they nest this year, it will be three years in

a row.

Many thanks to the stylish and beautiful Onyxelle for

sending a b-day card. One of these days we will go shoe

shopping.

Tai Chi, you remembered the luscious desserts at the

Flying Star. Can you come back in May to meet all of us

and go exploring in the Albuquerque area? That would be

so cool.

Jespah, sweetie, you know me too well. You are usually in

the background, but without you this place would stop

being the place we all love. We all love you, that's for

sure.

Chumly, now I'm trying to think what you name might be.

Delbert, Doolittle, Dreadheart, or plain old Donald or

David? Anyway, thanks for the good wishes.

BBB, thank you for one of the most elegant cakes I've

ever seen. I'm so proud of you, Maddy and Sally for not

taking one bite. However, I think I spotted a couple of

tiny licks near the bottom. They only add to the fun.

My dear Francis, I don't know why you think that you

aren't the best friend to me. Friendship doesn't depend

on words or place, it is just always there and brings joy

at any time or place. Your kind words have brought tears

to my eyes. You are the kind of person I have always

admired. Thank you for the good wishes.

And I will be sure to tell Bob you never liked him. I

know he will be pleased and those blue eyes of his will sparkle

a little bit more than usual.

Just Brooks, you cutie, I must have just missed your post. Thank you for the adorable teddy with the red sneakers and the balloons. I have a pair of red sneakers that are a favorite.

I've heard so many lovely things about you. Wish we could meet in person.

Rushing in with a Torta di Semolina e Nutella...


from Pasticceria Villani

I have heard a great deal about you, also! In your pictures, your smile matches all the lovely things people have said.

I may have an Internship out in your direction next year. I won't know where it will be until October. But Phoenix, Arizona is one of the places I could land for a couple months. Not sure how many miles that would be from you .....but if I get that close, I would absolutely love to meet you all.

Oh Osso, you know the way to my heart!!

Let's go to the Flying Star next week and see if they have anything that comes close. And then we can go to the shoe repair place, the antique stores and whatever else we stumble upon, my shopping pal and fellow exlorer.