We had a significant birthday this month. Geordie Smallholder’s aunt came to stay to join in the celebrations.
Here come the men with GSA in the background 
The Artist-in-residence and EB 
GSM and the Experts 
Retro food for the old man 
What shall I have first? 
EF practising his boarding house reach 
GSM cutting the cake 
Not much cake left
To mark the occasion, we had an afternoon tea with a vintage theme: EB made vintage cheese scones, the Artist-in-residence (AIR) made things on cocktail sticks stuck into a grapefruit (what do you call these?), GSM made the cake and GSW went to a supermarket for everything else haha. We toasted GS’ good health with our favourite libations. I don’t do very well drinking wine in the afternoon but EB made me do it (peer pressure is a terrible thing). So very soon we were all sleeping across the table in a sort of postprandial daze. We had left overs for days afterwards.
You are probably wondering what gifts GS got to mark this auspicious occasion? Well, wonder no more, dear readers, GS got a shed (Rufus the tractor needed a shelter). I will update you on this in my next post.
GS also got T shirts, a mug, a beer mat and other fripperies highlighting his advanced years and serious presents of a whisky tasting kit, a box for his wrist watch collection, and a very nice bottle of Scotch.
A post about the shed is coming soon!
The Geordie Smallholder 