Birthday Cake

Birthdays are special.

And as one gets older it isn't birth "days" but birth "weeks" as our celebration

turns from a one day party into a week of special parties and luncheons.

Being a woman, however, means that there is no birthday cake.

Unless one wants to bake one's on (which I don't)

And so, friend Joyce, came to the rescue

When she took me out for lunch

And I took home a slice of cake -- for later!

Later was a later afternoon tea.

A tea of friends.

I enjoyed my cake

while reading a birthday gift book

And sipping a birthday gift tea

The cake -- carrot cake

From a favorite restaurant, The Bristol Bar and Grill

The tea

a gift from another friend

Stash Ginger Lemon Green Tea

And even though it was an afternoon tea for one

I was surrounded by good friends