21 & so on

this is the last birthday i plan to reveal my age.
a lady never tells.
so take note! you'll never hear it from me again!on the actual day i had to work, but still i awoke to a lovely birthday brunch and set off to work with a light heart. today i truly celebrated the coming year by having a delicious day, an unproclaimed birthday. after lunch joanna & luke & i went, playing loud summer music (YOU know), to the beach, where it was somewhat cloudy & mostly chilly, and the decidedly bracing wind just blew good health into you. we attempted to build a most magnificent wall but slowly i slipped away into my deck chair, bundled in blankets against the wind, sunglasses against the sun, summer classics like 'north & south' by elizabeth gaskell against the sleepiness of the season.
it's my birthday present, by the way, that teeny pink blot in the picture? a lounge chair that is terrible to carry, clanking and banging against your ankles, opening at the most inopportune times. also it is bright pink, so i am Legally Blonde. but when you shift your weight back just right your feet fly up into the sky happily, lounging delightfully. and when your feet become numb because all the blood is rushing to your head, you struggle back up, in position to keep eagle eyes on any children heading for an undertow. in short, it was a lovely present. a few chocolates and silken cushions later, and i shall be quite spoiled for any good work this summer.

after the beach, we detoured around a bridge being built over the river, and took the long route to the take-out, stopping on our old dirt road to gather lupins from the ditch. lupins are just as PEI as potatoes, and much prettier. then onwards for a baby cone of icecream and it was the perfect birthday. perhaps not the perfect summer day because it was cloudy & cool, but all & all, what could the sun have added?