I love my birthday. I feel I can do as I please — or not — and I can say, "Well, it's okay I did that because it's my birthday." I let myself get away with so much. The day after the birthday is such a let-down. Back to best behaviour, as much as I can manage.
I looked at my daily horoscope in The Globe and Mail:
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
A Venus-Pluto link on your birthday means no one will be immune to your charms. Both in your personal affairs and in your work you will find it easy to persuade others to hand over what it is you desire.
It reminded me of a conversation I had with my hairdresser this week. I can't even remember the context but during our chat — and there were others around in the salon — she said, "Sharon, I can't imagine anyone not liking you." I told her she might be surprised. There are people who probably don't like me, I said. "But why?" she asked.
"I'm a bit if a know-it-all," I said.
"But we learn so much from you, "she said. "Who wouldn't like that?"
"Other know-it-alls," I said.
It was my best line of the day.
William worked the night shift last night and brought the beautiful tulips home with him. They were awaiting me when I came down and I thought they were spectacular.
They've been opening as the day progressed.
The book is new poetry by my old friend and former co-worker, Sue MacLeod. She's a wonderful poet and I look forward to reading her new work.
I had lovely/funny cards from friends and family. The one in the photo is from Dan who manages to out-do himself every time. Look how sweet it it, with the little bows. This wasn't a milestone birthday for me but he checked around, looking for something special to relate to my special day. He found this quote from Dr. Sheldon Cooper, the genius theoretical physicist from The Big Bang Theory.
“The best number is 73…. 73 is the twenty-first prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the twelfth and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying (hang on to your hats) 7 and 3…. In binary, 73 is a palindrome: 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, which backwards is 1-0-0-1-0-0-1.”
It was the perfect quote for my birthday — and I sometimes identify with Sheldon too. Not with the genius, more with the compulsive control freak.
Dan had printed out the quote and placed it over the quote that came with the card. He made it so I could lift the Sheldon quote to see what was underneath. And underneath, there was:
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Picasso
Dan thought that after I'd just written two blog-posts about misogynists — here and here — I might not want to be confronted with Picasso at the very beginning of my birthday. The quote is good though and I did acknowledge that, in spite of everything, Picasso made some fine art so it all worked out.
Cousin Dale joined us for dinner. We went to Eliot & Vine, a newish restaurant in Halifax, right in our own neighbourhood. We had a lovely evening and some tasty, photogenic food.
Dale and I both had the scallops as a first course — with leeks, prosciutto and bacon dust(!), with a fried quail's egg.
For Dan, it was the salad with fried haloumi, apple, pine nuts, micro-greens, with a lemon-thyme vinaigrette. He loved it.
William went with the carpaccio with horseradish aioli, pickled radish, arugula. It was supposed to come with nasturtiums but I notice William didn't complain at their absence.
The main courses in a restaurant are like the second and third born children in a family — there are never as many photos of them. By that time, there are too many dishes on the table and the novelty of photographing the food has worn off. Suffice it to say, we had more food and we enjoyed our evening a lot.
We came home for dessert because, along with the flowers, William had brought home a cake — a luscious Black Forest cake. I was serenaded and then invited to blow out the candles.
And did I make a wish?
You bet I did.
It sounds like a lovely day! Many, many more, please
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