Birthday Treats!

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I'm still coughing but thankfully I've been well enough to appreciate a bit of birthday pampering.
I've been having a lovely day filled with gentle pleasures - presents to unwrap; a favourite album to listen to; a hand massage from my love; a delicious lunch of cheese, meat, olives and bread from my favourite deli; a pleasingly expensive trip to the art store; a quick trip to the library to pick up a couple of books I had on order and yummy pan-Asian take-away for dinner.

I also got loads of online and text birthday greetings, a much appreciated card and cheque from my parents and phone calls from my mum and my granny.

An exciting pile of parcels...
Parcels
Kirsty Hall: Parcels, Dec 2008

My son gave me a gift box from LUSH, filled with delicious smelling bath bombs, including this cheerful liquorice and coconut snowman.
Bath Bombs
Kirsty Hall: Bath Bombs, Dec 2008

Steel earrings from my Beloved. I can't wear ordinary metals in my piercings, so I don't have many earrings and I was delighted to get these.
Steel Earrings
Kirsty Hall: Steel Earrings, Dec 2008

He also got me an Edward Gorey anthology, which by great good fortune includes The Doubtful Guest, my favourite of his stories. Even better was a CD of one of my all-time favourite albums, Songs For Drella by Lou Reed and John Cale. I only had a beat-up old copy on cassette and I was thrilled to have a new copy. This is one of the best albums ever written about fine art (admittedly this may not be a very large musical genre!)

Ooh, and let's not forget a rather fine French-looking bouquet delivered to my door.
Fancy Pink Ribbons
Kirsty Hall: Fancy Ribbons, Dec 2008

It got too dark to take good photos of the rest of the flowers but I managed one of a pink rose.
Pink Rose

The flowers came with a yummy box of chocolates too. Technically this is far too dark but I love the rich, opulent quality of this shot.
Opulence
Kirsty Hall: Opulence, Dec 2008

Still to come - gooey chocolate cake, a couple of episodes of Northern Exposure and a long hot bath with a book. Maybe I'll squeeze in a bit of art and knitting too.

I had fun photographing my day, I hope you've enjoyed sharing it with me. Over the last few days, I've finally felt my art mojo returning, which might just be the best present of all.

20 thoughts on “Birthday Treats!”

  3. Hi Kirsty
    Loved reading about your birthday as it is mine next week - it's always a bit odd having a birthday so near Christmas and giving presents as well as receiving them (doubled!!)
    I'm looking forward to having a lovely relaxing time with my friend Maggi who lives in a beautiful cottage in Snowdonia National Park in Wales - a magical part of the world
    Have a great Christmas as well

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  4. Hi Kirsty
    Loved reading about your birthday as it is mine next week - it's always a bit odd having a birthday so near Christmas and giving presents as well as receiving them (doubled!!)
    I'm looking forward to having a lovely relaxing time with my friend Maggi who lives in a beautiful cottage in Snowdonia National Park in Wales - a magical part of the world
    Have a great Christmas as well

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  9. Hi Rosie, yes, it is weird having a December birthday. I used to hate getting joint birthday/Christmas presents instead of separate ones. Fortunately my immediate family always makes a big fuss of me these days, as you can tell!

    Have a nice time in Snowdonia, it's a beautiful part of the world.

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    Hi Rosie, yes, it is weird having a December birthday. I used to hate getting joint birthday/Christmas presents instead of separate ones. Fortunately my immediate family always makes a big fuss of me these days, as you can tell!

    Have a nice time in Snowdonia, it's a beautiful part of the world.

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  13. Happy Birthday--maybe a little belated, but still the wish is there the same. Hope you have another artful year.

    I enjoyed your "goodies" and especially the chocolate, I'm a chocolaholic, but have to really cut back on it nowadays.
    Merle

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  14. Happy Birthday--maybe a little belated, but still the wish is there the same. Hope you have another artful year.

    I enjoyed your "goodies" and especially the chocolate, I'm a chocolaholic, but have to really cut back on it nowadays.
    Merle

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  15. Glad you had a good & visually fascinating birthday, Kirsty - the photos are most seductive, lots of lovely colours & textures .

    By a strange coincidence, I was thinking about 'Songs for Drella' only the other day, it coming completely unbidden to mind (perhaps connected to the intriguing decision that John Cale has been selected to represent Wales at the Venice Biennale). Did have a concert performance video of it somewhere...

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  16. Glad you had a good & visually fascinating birthday, Kirsty - the photos are most seductive, lots of lovely colours & textures .

    By a strange coincidence, I was thinking about 'Songs for Drella' only the other day, it coming completely unbidden to mind (perhaps connected to the intriguing decision that John Cale has been selected to represent Wales at the Venice Biennale). Did have a concert performance video of it somewhere...

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  17. Hi, Kristy,

    I followed a link to your blog (don't remember from where) and had to say how much I enjoyed peeking into your birthday.

    Your gorgeous photos really made the day come alive for me.

    Thanks for sharing your joy!

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  18. Hi, Kristy,

    I followed a link to your blog (don't remember from where) and had to say how much I enjoyed peeking into your birthday.

    Your gorgeous photos really made the day come alive for me.

    Thanks for sharing your joy!

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