Alecia's birthday bash

 Beautiful cake, red velvet with icing - and Ryan and Alicia made many small ones too. My BEASTLY dog Lily ate 5 of them.
Fortunately there were still enough to go round.

Here's the birthday girl in her birthday beret from Andree, in Annies kitchen - below she is with Annie on the terrace where the meal took place. We were holding our collective breath for good weather after last nights astonishing sheet-lightening storm; in the event it was cool and refreshing and dry.

This heart-shaped thingie is a cake of olives and bread and  stuff that Annie makes so we soak up the blanquette without breaking into song.

 Here's Aileen with her pack, well-trained dogs who wouldn't steal birthday cake, and the marvelous Olle-Bendick who has latterly taken to port. Any port just after a storm, hoho.

A birthday beetle... with Bieke in the background. Below are El and Pete having a natter.  Below that are the same Pete with a different Pete having another natter.

  And Scottish Dave and Ferren and Andree and Clare and the lovely sunset.

Slightly worried that Alecia was the youngest person there. The average age was at least twice hers.


She seems nonplussed.