Age is Just a Number

What was looking to be a rather dismal birthday for reasons outside my control (and nothing to do with the number being a high end prime one), turned itself around and proved otherwise.
There was a lovely phone call from Creel Cottage in Orkney first thing which lifted my spirits before messages online from friends here and abroad and family phone calls.

With the children children scattered far and wide from Moray to Yorkshire, not to mention Oman, it was left to David and daughter#2 to be present in person bearing gifts and to benefit from the cake.

I am well set up now with raspberry gin and chocolates, sufficient as David says to see me through Strictly over the weekend.

His Lordship was indisposed but gave me a beautiful birthday card which I will treasure and a favourite photograph reframed.

So now if you’ll excuse me I am going to sit back and make a pig of myself...... oh and the cherry on the cake is that it seems Scotland might be winning the rugby match against Fiji at Murrayfield. Better not talk too soon.