Fish & Chips

This was a special day for me!   It is my birthday and I slept in till 8:30, well, I stayed in bed till then!   Then the beautiful morning beckoned me outside and I started cleaning the flower bed by the shed.   At noon Andy said I should tear myself away from the outside work and we would go for a scooter ride somewhere and eat lunch.   So I got out of my scrubbies and we headed to Dutch Valley for lunch (Chicken salad croissant and raspberry iced tea!  Yummy!)   We took the back way to Dundee and then home.   What a beautiful day for a scooter ride!   Probably 30-35 miles!

I put the scrubbies back on and went out to finish around the shed.   When I came inside at 3:45 there was a loaf of homemade bread, pear butter and chocolate chip cookies from my dear neighbor Ina, who always remembers my birthday!  It was time to go to Berlin and watch Aila graduate from Berlin Center Preschool!   (Jill, the next 13 years are going to go fast!   Hang on and enjoy the ride!)   I was impressed with the attention and quietness of the children during the different activities!   I stopped at Raber's Greenhouse in Berlin and bought some more flowers to plant.   Sometime when they are mature and beautiful I will take some pictures.   The mulch makes them "pop", it looks so nice.   At 8:30 I was inside again.   I really enjoy these kind of days.

Thanks Jill & Joe for inviting me to be a part of this special "Grandparent" activity.   I guess it was really the first one with Aila in "public" and I look forward to many more!   What a nice birthday gift!