Helen and Bill visited this morning, bringing presents for my birthday – a fine bottle of Malbec and
a zoom lens.
This afternoon I watched the World Cup football match between England and Sweden.
Later, with Becky and Ian, we dined at Lal Quilla, where we had not been since before my surgery. The staff were rather concerned at our absence. My photographs are now on the walls of the restaurant. My choice of food was king prawn Ceylon with special fried rice. We shared onion bahjis and egg paratha. Becky drank a rosé wine and the rest of us, Kingfisher. I was pleased to be able to sit comfortably in the restaurant.
Did I mention that the camera lens is in fact a drinking mug?
Happy birthday!
Thank you very much, Elisabet
What a great present! Happy Birthday x
Thanks very much, Chloe X
Oh I have to get hubby one of those
🙂 Thanks a lot, Pleasant
happy birthday!
Sounds like a perfect way to spend the day. Congratulations.
Thanks very much, Cindy
LOL! You got me, Derrick. I hope you had a fantastic birthday!
🙂 Many thanks, Jill
What great b-day gifts! 🎁
Happy Birthday, Derrick!!! 🙂 May it be a wonderful, fun, sweet day with good memories made! 🙂
How cool that you have some of your photos in the restaurant!!! 🙂
Birthday-HUGS!!! 🙂
Thanks very much, Carolyn X
😀 The perfect gift for a photographer!! Happy Birthday – again!
Thanks very much, Pauline 🙂
Happy Birthday, Derrick. I just made it!! Hope you had a lovely day.
Lots of love
Jessie, Poppy and Peanut xxx
🙂 Thanks very much, Jessie XXX
Happy birthday, Derrick!!!
And there I was thinking what a huge investment they’d made on your behalf! Tricky! Happy birthday.
🙂 Thanks very much, Gwen
Great gift! And happy, happy birthday. So glad you felt well enough to go to one of your favorite places.
Many thanks, Laurie
Oh very happy birthday to you dearest Derrick 💓
Very many thanks, Candy X
What a wonderful birthday! Happy day!
Thanks very much, Leslie
Happy Birthday Derrick, this would have been my dad’s birthday as well.
Thanks very much, Karen. A good date, then
All the very best, Derrick!
Thanks very much, Donna
Another birthday already? 🙂 Happy birthday, Derrick.
Yesterday was my birthday. Thanks a lot, Oglach
Happy Birthday, Derrick! Can’t wait to see the pictures taken with that lens!
🙂 Thanks very much, Gael
Congratulations Derrick 🎂❤️
Thank you very much, Laleh
Always my pleasure ❤️
Wow! Happy birthday Derrick 🙂
Thanks very much, Arlene
Your camera lens/mug was quite a twist, and happy birthday Derrick, seems we are fellow Cancerians. !!
We are, indeed. Thanks very much, Ivor
Happy Birthday, Derrick! That is a great coffee mug. It looks almost like an ‘L’ lens.
Thanks very much, Uma. It is a very good replica
Happy Birthday, Derrick!!
Thanks very much, John
a superb gift.
Happy Birthday
Many thanks, Yoshimi
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday x
Many thanks, Melanie
And MANY more, my friend!
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🙂 Very many thanks, GP
What a great gift! Happy Birthday Derrick 💛
Thanks very much, Val
Happy Birthday, Derrick! Wonderful gifts–and it sounds like a delightful day and dinner.
Many thanks, Merril. It was
What a fun gift for one who loves photography! Happy birthday Derrick! 😊
Thanks very much, Julie
Nice present!
Thanks a lot, Helen
Great gift for a photographer. Happy Birthday
Thanks very much, Bridget
Sneaky buggers! … Happy Birth Day. 😀
Thanks very much, Widders
I wish you everything you desire …. desires also you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks very much, Efi. The answer is 76 🙂
76 kisses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🙂
Clever! Happy birthday!
Many thanks, Miriam
Thanks Derrick, not Miriam but Lindsey. Cheers!
Sorry about the name 🙁
No probs. An easy mistake as we’re both Miriam and I, travel blogger chicks from Marvellous Melbourne. 😊
🙂 Melbourne was my favourite city when I visited in 2008
Happy belated birthday, Derrick! Great present!
Thanks very much, Persia
Wow, what a gift 🙂
Thanks very much, Rupali
Happy birthday Derrick! The mug looks real (as a lens).
Thanks very much, Sylvie. It really does
What a clever mug!
Wasn’t it! Thanks very much, Ellen
happy birthday Derrick, mine was yesterday, I only got a new car 🙂 ha, what a great gift, It looks like a real lens 🙂 and wine is always good too 🙂
Many thanks, Kim. Belated Happies to you, too
I actually saw a drinking mug like that for sale in Chile last year, had to be informed in Spanish that it really wasn’t a real lens.
What a happy coincidence Ian. Cheers
A belated yet sincere Happy Birthday, Derrick! Is the drinking-mug-lens simply a way to bring your drink closer to you without your reaching?? (…weak, I know!😊).
Hope you enjoyed your day!
Many thanks, Rob 🙂
Derrick, Happy Birthday! Mine was July 8, which is a lovely coincidence.
Isn’t it just? Belated Happy Birthday to you 🙂
Happy belated Birthday! Enjoy your “lens” 🙂
Thanks very much, Alexander
Another belated Happy Birthday, Derrick!
🙂 Many thanks, Clare
🙂