This is how old I am as of yesterday. I have had a string of excellent birthdays recently and this one was a classic.
Here,
Magnificent Frigate Bird
is some wildlife.
Tim
Bittern thing
Politician Hawk
Little Tiny Dove
Anyway that’s enough of that. It is the conference dinner. These Brazilians really know how to throw a party for an old man’s birthday. It is by the sea, the food is meat, the drink is :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caipirinha
Brazilian salad
First course – the other five were much the same. Vegetables ain’t food.
Vegetables is what food eats.
Assault with a deadly weapon
Caipirinha has an instantly numbing effect
Things get wilder with very loud music and not shy women dressed in costume.
She loves the web
She was very impressed by my stomach.
Anyway after a bit of dancing around with scantily dressed women, the main band came on. They were incredible. They played exclusively Beatles songs but rearranged to include a full Brazilian drum corps and brass section. Energy, drive, fun, these Brazilians have really got something. There was a 3 second gap between songs and the drums just beat it. Everyone danced and drank and sweated.
Well, my heart went “boom”,
When I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine…
Amazing to be dancing to exactly the same songs at 61 as I did at 16.
More wildlife.
Bebo and Nancy – Summer plumage.
Catherine McEvoy
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 