Birthday gifts

As many of you know, it was my birthday this week. In this post I want to show off some of my prezzies:

This first pic is of the card Jane made for me - it is a cross-stitched Chilli

So appropriate for me, don't you think? And so much nicer than a bought card.

This is the present that went with it...

My thanks to Sue from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments for the inspiration to get this! I shall try to take some photos as good as hers...

Here is what Fiona and Juan got me - a fabulous Asparagus plate in that delicate procelain called Faience de Gien. Hopefully it will soon be loaded with home-grown spears of real Asparagus!



Emma and Dave bought me a voucher for a meal at Atul Kochar's Michelin-starred restaurant "Benares" (in London), which sounds like just the thing for me. It serves food with a spicy / curry / Indian theme. To get me in the mood for this, their girls Lara and Holly made me birthday cards adorned with whole spices:

One of our long-time friends (Rosemary) also gave me a nice present - this blue Hydrangea plant.

This plant is a very welcome addition to my garden since I have been hankering after an Hydrangea for quite a while - especially after our visit to Cornwall last year, because in Cornwall they are everywhere.

So Thank You everyone for those lovely gifts. They are all very much appreciated.