Longest Day of the Year

Okay, so it's my birthday today, the longest day of the year, I love that.  My sister sent this pretty gift so I will get it opened.

Birthday Gift and some thoughts

I celebrated my birthday in late June, husband M and the kids gave me this beautiful gift. It's a Lenox fine china figurine that I had chosen called 'Once Upon a Dream'. I loved the way Cinderella's skirt looks.  I don't often buy or receive stuff like this, so it is a pure indulgence.

A friend mailed me a birthday card and I thought it was interesting that she put her dogs' names on the card this year instead of her kids. The 'kids' are now 26 and 30 years old and have moved out of home.

Yet another friend is having photo laser work done on her face, I think that's what she said.  One cheek was slightly bruised.  It is to eliminate some small wrinkles. 

Times are changing, it came up in a conversation that younger people don't value diamonds, fine jewellery, crystal, and china in the same way as older people.  The emphasis now is more on owning the latest technology.  I think our most valuable possessions these days may be our smartphones!

Too Helpful

My daughter L had her 20th birthday recently and this is the gift I got for her. It's a Katy Perry fragrance and some tangerine nail polish because I think it's the colour of the season!

So my girlfriend S gave me these flower plants and they were doing so well,
I didn't even have to water them due to the recent rain. So I go out to
check them and at first I thought the rabbits had got to them, but no, my husband M mowed
them down thinking they were weeds. urgrhhh! Hopefully a few of them will survive. He's
done this before.  S said these flowers grow really tall like sunflowers but she doesn't know
the name as she had originally got them from a neighbour.