B'day

Before setting out to a weekend with Tess, we had a quiet 53th birthday dinner with Yarrow on the day I returned from my tripette to Malaysia. I came home to this welcoming message on the front door, which was really nice. We went out to Newrybar with our friends Helen and Ian for a quiet coffee and scones, and spent the rest of the day Not Doing Much At All. Yarrow came to ours after school, and we enjoyed a nice meal of steak (favourite!), aardappelkoekjes and veggies, followed by a strawberry Victoria sponge. Yum! No wild party this time, maybe later . Yarrow gave me David Malouf's latest book, A first place, on the nature of Home, which I have started reading and am going to enjoy muchly.