tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post4321836521136576716..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Sunshine, Lilacs, Birthday Honoursmaterfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-51649650588563371432011-05-20T09:50:16.569-07:002011-05-20T09:50:16.569-07:00Thanks, Gina -- you've helped me stretch the b...Thanks, Gina -- you've helped me stretch the birthday even longer!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-81619332251880026562011-05-20T04:45:56.416-07:002011-05-20T04:45:56.416-07:00Happy Belated Birthday!Happy Belated Birthday!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631687084204022574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-5850639253598960992011-05-19T06:43:58.471-07:002011-05-19T06:43:58.471-07:00Patricia: Thank you -- I love hearing that the bir...Patricia: Thank you -- I love hearing that the birthday bumps were the birthday dumps in your family/area. I find those kind of variations so interesting (as with the nursery rhyme, earlier, if you remember)<br />Thanks, Susan, it really was delicious.<br />Tiffany: I can imagine the cooking for your kids' early parties, judging from some of the menus you've shared!<br />Jane: I do love our road chats!<br />Pseu: It was wonderful -- as, I suspect, was your first day in Rome.<br />Pavlova: It really is beyond price, that family love!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-23272939903636632402011-05-19T05:21:14.015-07:002011-05-19T05:21:14.015-07:00Lilacs and sunshine for your birthday....heavenly!...Lilacs and sunshine for your birthday....heavenly!<br />Showered with love by your family...priceless!pavlovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809182203387660034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-47770242052339237842011-05-18T19:39:46.556-07:002011-05-18T19:39:46.556-07:00A belated Happy Birthday to you! I'm so glad ...A belated Happy Birthday to you! I'm so glad you had sunshine and flowers. It sounds like a wonderful extended celebration all around.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-13407719044913771412011-05-18T18:24:55.380-07:002011-05-18T18:24:55.380-07:00mater .. had i only known when i saw you earlier t...mater .. had i only known when i saw you earlier today, i would have, also, bestowed birthday greetings upon you .. so good to have youhome again .. i look forward to our serendipitous chats on the road ..jane ..https://www.blogger.com/profile/15642217952016222634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-86339512509006466642011-05-18T16:03:24.923-07:002011-05-18T16:03:24.923-07:00I'm glad to hear it was such a very lovely day...I'm glad to hear it was such a very lovely day for you! Birthdays have always been important in my family - perhaps slightly less so in my husband's. Our traditions, such as they are, always revolve around food! Every year we take my in-laws (whose birthdays are 10 days apart) out for dinner somewhere special - although they're quite well-off, they never go out to nice restaurants. The kids also now insist on a dinner out - in addition to a party too, of course. When they were little I threw insanely elaborate parties, but now Kid 1 refuses anything except the family dinner ...Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536212906241844509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-75869620013979626692011-05-18T15:37:02.974-07:002011-05-18T15:37:02.974-07:00Happy Birthday Mater! I am so glad the sun came ou...Happy Birthday Mater! I am so glad the sun came out for you :-). Your birthday dinner sounds yummy.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-30705646920736691522011-05-18T15:30:10.590-07:002011-05-18T15:30:10.590-07:00What a wonderful birthday Mater - all three days o...What a wonderful birthday Mater - all three days of it! :0) When we were small we got the 'dumps' (same as the bumps). Now we do the dinner thing - we either go out or the birthday person chooses what to have at home. <br />I, too, loved the story with your mum - precious! P.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504513116873595049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-57694468928985391102011-05-18T15:06:34.234-07:002011-05-18T15:06:34.234-07:00Lisa: Eating outside always feels slightly festive...Lisa: Eating outside always feels slightly festive up here, 'tho perhaps it's less so where you are.<br />Alison: and now Emin's scored again with the iPhone, he'll have earned himself some laurel-resting again. <br />You once had a flying lesson? Too cool! As for FB, I've been on it for a year or two -- it's actually quite useful for keeping our huge (extended) family in touch. I'd love a "hello" from Daisy, but won't be surprised if she declines the opportunity to give one of her mom's friends a peek into her world ;-)<br />Anon: I've heard that your weather has perhaps been even worse than ours -- and yours comes after a long, cold winter. I'm so sorry, and I'll see what I can do about the sunshine. Thanks for commenting.<br />Hostess: Yes, food seems to be our primary way of celebrating birthdays -- and I'm alright with that! I should photograph my little vase and post it one of these days. . . <br />Jillian: Thanks -- glad to see you're feeling better.<br />Marguerite: Sounds as if there are some similarities in our childhood birthdays, even if they're at different times of the year. Mine was always a day to feel (and be treated) special(ly), and the work of that fell to my already busy mom -- who rose to the task for each of us.<br />Mardel: Isn't it funny how magical that choice felt? And how we'd look forward to a favourite meal coming 'round again? Happy Birthday to your husband, and I hope the two of you have a lovely meal together on Friday.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-42162651317249989082011-05-18T11:12:42.551-07:002011-05-18T11:12:42.551-07:00Happy birthday Mater! When we were little the bir...Happy birthday Mater! When we were little the birthday child got to choose dinner. I always chose chicken paprika. Since I cook all the time, I am taking my spouse out to his favorite place for lunch on Friday for his 82nd birthday.Mardelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850551308931710502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-86737710605601991832011-05-18T10:06:30.610-07:002011-05-18T10:06:30.610-07:00Happy Belated Birthday, Mater! I loved your story...Happy Belated Birthday, Mater! I loved your story about your mom's phone call. My mother is failing rapidly and cognition is impaired. But we still manage to connect. My birthday is a few days before Christmas. One of my favorite memories is the effort my mother took to make sure I felt my birthday was special for me. No Christmas wrap on birthday gifts, a ballerina cake and little party. All this with three other siblings to care for and a dad who was frequently gone for long periods as a military pilot. Your garden is amazing. Life is good!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00235496900839925466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-15080371002825302362011-05-18T09:07:19.556-07:002011-05-18T09:07:19.556-07:00Happy Birthday! So glad it was a wonderful and sun...Happy Birthday! So glad it was a wonderful and sunny day :)jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864066847052675219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-14937957641331956142011-05-18T08:30:40.795-07:002011-05-18T08:30:40.795-07:00Happy Birthday wishes mater!
It is a gift to see t...Happy Birthday wishes mater!<br />It is a gift to see the sunshine...and it shines again this morning.<br /><br />I was so hoping for a picture of that birthday vase and Lily of the Valley blooms...maybe tomorrow?<br /><br />Food and feasting with family gathered close is what we do to celebrate our birthdays here. My girlfriends and I gather for coffee and a token gift exchange.<br /><br />Your garden is bursting with colour and looks ever so lovely!hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-5329842320930171892011-05-18T08:29:31.062-07:002011-05-18T08:29:31.062-07:00Happy Birthday to you! Please send some of that su...Happy Birthday to you! Please send some of that sunshine to all of here in Toronto! We have been having such a miserable, cold and rainy time of it, I do believe it's starting to affect our moods in a very negative way! Enjoy your day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-41267219558927452622011-05-18T08:02:30.933-07:002011-05-18T08:02:30.933-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY
My garden is a dried up frazzle, th...HAPPY BIRTHDAY<br />My garden is a dried up frazzle, the lilac a distant memory, but check out my peonies (which somehow ended up under a really old post from last week!)<br />My birthday is invariably at Easter so I do get some celebration via family but Emin refuses to celebrate the whole cycle of obligation circus although he did pass me his old iPhone this year so he must be mellowing. <br />His first and last gift was a flying lesson! Amazing, but it has had to keep me going ever since. Like most men he throws you a good one and then rests on his laurels forever after.<br />Glad you have had a good day, can't believe you succumbed to Facebook, I'll get Daisy to 'poke' you!<br />Oh and seriously you don't look like you are in your forties let alone fifties!indigo16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16982477144454205765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-36093470143324985752011-05-18T07:58:26.395-07:002011-05-18T07:58:26.395-07:00And many happiest of birthday wishes, ex post fact...And many happiest of birthday wishes, ex post facto, to you oh most delightful of people. We have no particular birthday traditions, none but remembering. And perhaps we gather at my dad's house, and eat outside with cloth napkins:).LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com