Could this be the day?

Miss Mabel is a killer cat

Cheesy drop scones

Iced fairy cakes for my birthday tea this afternoon. Yep I made it to 64 and hope to make it to 65. Who knows?

When I was 6 my birthday party was cancelled because I had measles. In those days infectious diseases meant three weeks in quarantine. So my brother (we always got ill together – mumps, chicken pox, German measles) my mum and dad and my friend Michelle and her sister (both had been through measles just before us) and their mum came over to our flat. We had a birthday cake and tea but not the usual party for school friends. Mum and I reminisced about it on the phone this morning. We lived in a small, council flat yet mum and dad hosted card games and birthday parties and Friday night dinners in our tiny, living room. We had a drop leaf table and regularly moved the sofa and armchair to accommodate the gatherings. Childrens’ parties consisted of pass the parcel, musical chairs, memory games and puzzles and a tea of jelly and sandwiches and birthday cake. Simple, magical and memorable. Thank you mum. Happy days.

And stay 2 metres apart