Wednesday 20 August 2014

Happy Birthdays

It just so happens that Mike and underkeeper Ian share a birthday (albeit 30 years apart). On Saturday, Mike turned 50 and Ian 20, so it was a great excuse to throw a party in the garden-


Colourful bunting festooned the apple trees, and caravans and tents appeared in the orchard. I minced one of our lambs for burgers. Friends manned the grill, tended the warming fire, played guitar and sang. Dogs, kids, and slightly tipsy adults made everything festive. Pip and another labrador were caught pinching bread rolls from the table, but there was enough to go around. Even for dogs

Pip's on the Clean Up committee



Weekend over, and it's back to pheasant duties. Happy birthday guys.

5 comments:

Seester said...

Happy Birthday to two fine fellows! It's easy to tell by looking at them which is 50 and which is 20, but I'd say Ian is the more mature of the two.
That looks like quite a soiree. I hope everyone had a good time.

Hazel said...

Happy Birthday Mike and Ian! Sounds like the perfect party.

Kris said...

Many happy returns to the birthday boys. And it's nice to see that you guys can find time to party up and let your hair down now and then. I was beginning to think it was all work work work over there. Cheers!

Janice Bendixen said...

And a mini-housewarming party to boot! I hope you have a grand time. FYI, Jen, I thought you enjoy the fact that I'm now working on an organic farm five minutes from my house. I'm enjoying it immensely but it's been sunny and beautiful. We'll see how I feel about it the end of September in the sub-arctic...

seafordwoman said...

It looks like a great party!
Have just finished Sherman Alexie's ' Flight' that you recommended after I said how much I enjoyed Lisa Erdrich's books. I thought it was brilliantly written and really moving, so thank you again.