A Few of My Favorite Things

It's MY birthday, so I get to post about a few of my favorite things ... and in case that phrase isn't ringing any bells for you, the movie SOUND OF MUSIC is on that list. ;-)

Rain. I love the rain. As a youngster, it ALWAYS rained for me on my birthday. Seriously. And today, guess what? RAIN, on my half-decade birthday. Wow.

if that is not the most romantical dance photo ever, I don't know what is ... my goodness !!!

Gene Kelly - and all talented artistic dancers. And what's better than Gene Kelly in that musical "Singin' in the Rain" ???

And speaking of gifted athletes ... this heart-filled Thoroughbred filly, RUFFIAN, has always had a large piece of my heart. She has a heartbreaking story, though, which I will not go into here - if you don't know it, and you care to, you can google her and read it for yourself. Me, I prefer to remember Ruffian as the valiant beauty you see here:

An old-fashioned, blowsy, ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN, complete with thatched-roof cottage. I have to say, THIS is my storybook dream house & garden. Isn't it darling?

And FREESIA blossoms. They smell like heaven, they remind me of Mark's and my favorite place, Deetjen's Big Sur Inn {'cause they usually have cut freesia on the tables there}, and they naturalize in the garden. Ah, freesia.

So those are just a random few of my favorite things.

And the blessing of good friends and the love of a great family. Don't mind me - I'm just waxing nostalgic - but then, I get to do that - it's MY birthday !!!

-- D.