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It's my birthday...

Yes - it seems to come around so quickly these days - I'm 39 today.
So it started with lovely cards and great pressies (plus DH has paid some drawing classes at a local college for me)
Thank you everyone.





And then we went out for the day at Hoar Park Craft Centre , and we drove past lots of fields like this:





And then I fed the baby goats

And then the deer






And the chickens didn't want to be left out either...



Lunch and we drove home.

We then had a lovely walk around The Park and somehow we ended up in the pub garden for a drink. The Italian was shouting - so we had a pizza and then off home we went. I've watched 'Layer Cake' (with Daniel Craig - very good) and had just a couple of glasses of wine and now I'm shattered and off to bed.

I've had a really great day.

Night all.

Comments

sewkalico said…
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Sarah Jayne
Happy Birthday to you!!! - hope you have many more birthdays (and just plain lovely days too!)
Donna said…
sounds like a wonderfully relaxing day. Happy b'day
Unknown said…
happy birthday Sarah Jayne - glad you had such a lovely day. hope you have another great day at the Festival tomorrow too :-)
oh Karol-Ann beat me to it and said what I was going to say!!!

Hope you had a great birthday!

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