When You Forget Your Own Birthday

22 Feb

We have some lovely large trees in front of our house where it snuggles in at the edge of the laguna. Walking on our dock, under them is a religious experience. However our cathedral needs to be canopied. There are many dead and twisting branches that need trimming and shaping to give the trees lift. Imagine my delight at finding a professional arborist in Bacalar!

I met with Ramon towards the end of the week. We gazed upward, pointed and made plans for him and his crew to work on Sunday. They would trim and shape, but here’s the kicker, we had to do the cleanup. No problemo. I was willing to lug branches up our hill. Ha!

Then Lisa reminded me that Sunday was my birthday. I had completely forgotten. Completely!

My dear friend Juan surprised me with this lovely cake Friday evening at our expat meet-up.
My best friend from Austin’s child and partner. Rose, Dio, Lisa, me.

We’ve had guests for the week and been quite busy showing them about; birding, snorkeling, pyramids, art class, eating and shopping have kept us busy. In that light I guess it could be easy to forget.

Early morning bird watching.

DOS TORTAS

13 Responses to “When You Forget Your Own Birthday”

  1. midwife87505 February 25, 2024 at 11:49 am #

    Happy birthday!

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  2. LJones February 25, 2024 at 12:48 pm #

    Alex! Happy happy birthday! Xoxo! Watching the video makes me homesick for our lovely lake…and your cake looks fabulous! I hope you had/have a happy sweet and wonderful birthday – my love to lisa too xoxo

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  3. Jack Scott February 26, 2024 at 4:02 am #

    Many happy returns. I’ve also reached the age when things frequently slip my mind. Tis the joy of ageing.

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  4. Nancy Taylor February 28, 2024 at 12:46 pm #

    Beautiful!!!!

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  5. Nancy Taylor February 28, 2024 at 12:47 pm #

    Oh yea, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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  6. Emilie February 29, 2024 at 9:08 pm #

    Glad it was a good birthday!

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