Today Was A Special Day,

I was 73 years old, born on the 14th. April 1950,

Diana had been busy before her early shift,

a banner under our wedding photograph,

and on the table a cake, cards and a present,

73 today, how time had flown,

first thing it was my turn to take out the rubbish, every 8 weeks each of the residents take it in turns to put the bins out to be collected, I thought I would beat the rain, I did not! as soon as I opened the bin store it rained, upstairs after drying out I took a few photographs of some of the succulents that were flowering,

this one has flowered a few times before,

but it was a first for this one,

a long stem but it still has not opened,

when Diana returned home it was glad rags on for my birthday celebrations, so light the candles,

firstly the obvious one,

Diana had bought me a bottle of spiced rum,

I will sample that later!

next a card from Diana,

which was so nice,

with a beautiful message inside,

next one from Steve and Kai,

the card a pussy cat,

and inside a voucher,

for a meal at Miller & Carter, where it just so happens I was told Diana had booked a table a few months ago!

so blow out the candles, and we were off,

we had a cab booked for the journey,

so a couple of poses from myself,

and Diana,

looking as beautiful as ever,

inside we were shown our table,

and drinks ordered,

I low alcohol cocktail for Diana,

I am not sure what it was,

for myself a bottle of bubbly which we shared,

along side Diana's drink there was a small glass, 

of lemonade which liven things up a tad,

a couple of poses,

from Diana,

and a 'Cheers!', from myself,

a touch more before the starters,

one of the drinks,

and a 'Cheers!', from both of us,

our starters arrived, squid in a basket for Diana,

smoked salmon with onions and wheat bread for myself,

another 'Cheers!', from me,

eyes down and tuck in,

then our main course arrived,

there was so much of it, 

we both ordered the same,

two 50 day aged 5oz cuts of mignon fillet, with half a lobster tail and scallops,

sweet potato chips, boiled baby potatoes, sautéed greens, mac and cheese, onion roll, mushrooms, 2 salad wedges, one with a classic vinaigrette and one with long Clawson stilton and blue cheese, plus the sauces for the steaks, a three peppercorn and a classic béarnaise, I can not say we finished it all, but we were pretty close!

after a long break Diana ordered her dessert,

it was a Miller's mango bomb,

which was white chocolate smash bomb, mango sorbet, vanilla mousse, raspberry compote,

for myself a cocktail drink, oh the agony of choice!

I am not sure what it was called, 

but it consisted of both white Baileys and amoretto, plus a small gold dust covered cake at the top,

it really was covered in gold dust!

a try,

which was delicious,

so I had to eat the other half!

Diana said that my lips had a covering of gold, what a fabulous meal, it was perfect, many thanks indeed to Steve and Kai for their generous gift voucher and for Diana making up the difference, I will not mention the exact amount the bill came to, lets just say it was under £200, we were both so full, we arrived home by taxi,

so time to sample Diana's spiced rum,

I was fooled, it had a child proof cap,

but was soon able to pour a sample, and nice it was too, we watched A Touch of Frost, sipping at the rum and a coffee for Diana, many thanks indeed to Diana, Steve and Kai, what a wonderful day, next for us, we were off to bed.