Apr
9
2016
For a short time all the trees were covered with snow. It was April ninth and we had a “dusting” of snow–an inch or two. It was not unheard of: a snow “storm” this late in spring but it definitely was unusual. The trees did not stay white too long. I am waiting for the warmer weather to return. And it will. The forecast for my birthday less than a week away called for sixty degree weather and clear skies.
Nov
6
2014
How sad you stopped noting your birthday years ago. You led too solitary a life. There was no one around you to make a fuss about your birthday. Hermits stop celebrating their birthdays. You get one special day a year. If there is no one around you to make you feel special that day you stop noting that day. My family (and some friends) always noted that day. It is just so sad there is almost no one in your life to do that. So you stopped celebrating your birthday.
Apr
29
2013
My birthday was actually two weeks long this year. My sisters (and their husbands) threw me a birthday bash at a beautiful restaurant with the Susquehanna River in the background. My sister in California arranged her itinerary (she and her husband were going to Spain) to be there. 
The last time were were all together was two summers ago although this time my nephew and wife were there. We were a party of thirteen. I also invited some friends. The weather was perfect (we ate on the deck of the restaurant) and so was the food. We were commemorating my sixty-fifth birthday. My one sister made the same cake my Mom used to make for our birthdays. She went to a lot of trouble for me. I don’t have many relatives but they are scattered from Shore to Shore. Maybe if I make it we will have a seventieth birthday party. We will see.
Apr
17
2012
We were only two or three miles from my house returning from my birthday lunch. A pileated woodpecker crossed the road right in front of our car fifteen feet up. Its red crest was unmistakable. My wife had never seen one before. In the past nine years I have only seen a couple. Both of us were thrilled. You don’t see them too often. You are more liable to hear their wild cackle than to see them. I considered the sighting a present for my birthday.
Oct
9
2011
I don’t know whether we will have another two straight days in the eighties. It is already October ninth. This could be the final burst of Indian summer so I just will enjoy the sunlight and temperatures. There might be no more days like this. It seemed as if the whole month of September was rainy and cloudy. In fact, it broke all records for rainfall for one month. My wife is basking in the sunlight and I will soon join her. We are still celebrating her birthday. She gets three birthday days this year. In fact the weather is a gift. It is, at least, the third straight sunny day. Thank God for small favors.
Apr
17
2011
Another rite of spring: I put up fresh nectar I prepared for the hummingbirds. In past springs the first usually appears in the end of April so let us see exactly when the first one comes to the feeder. I did not want to put up nectar too soon. It would just mold. This year I decided my birthday would be a good time to do it. Now my wife and I will wait for the first one to come to our feeder.
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