I’m a birthday person. I really, really love birthdays.
Honestly, not so much my own. I mean, I do like it. A lot. But I love celebrating other people’s
birthdays because I love celebrating people close to my heart. So when a group
of my girl friends got together recently to paint pottery, I knew what I wanted
to paint: A birthday plate! I take a dessert to work on all of my coworker’s
birthdays, so I knew I’d get a lot of use out of it!
In the Studio
Fired and Glazed
My pottery painting experience also reminded me of why I don’t typically paint. I am not an artist! My friends were free handing monograms and chevrons… I was just trying to avoid looking like a kindergarten craft project.
Independence Day
My mom was the first to use my birthday plate!
A Key Lime Cookie with Toasted Almonds and Coconut courtesy of my sis... It kind of looks like mashed potatoes with bacon in the picture. I promise it's not! Although I do love mashed potatoes with bacon.
A 4th of July baby. What a great birthday to have! In fact,
my grandparents were married on Christmas Eve and had two daughters – my aunt
born on Thanksgiving Day and my mom on Independence Day! No wonder I love
holidays!
This year our 4th of July in Tennessee was
extremely rainy, but we all kind of loved it. The rain is just so beautiful and
instantly makes the farm greener. And shiny, I think. We also kind of loved it because we didn’t have outdoor plans. For everyone else, it was a bummer. My
sister and I took my mom to Jackson’s Orchard in Kentucky to get some fresh
peaches…
And then to Chaney’s for some ice cream…
My mom is sweet and thoughtful and patient and practically just plain perfect.
It was wonderful spending a whole day celebrating her!
And judging by some recent photos, I am turning into her
after all…
Could we be posing any more alike???
Happy birthday, momma! And America!
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