Celebration

 




To most of you "Betty" will need no introduction. To those who don't know her she is a lady born under the sign of Leo and displays all the traits of that strong sign. Nevertheless she is one of the kindest people ever; she must be, because she has been a second Mum to me for over 60 years. So we went back to England this weekend to help her celebrate her 90th birthday.  It started on the Friday morning when we went to a birds of prey centre where she had a private hour and a half session with owls, which are one of her favourite birds.

As you can see it was close up and personal; we had time with a Little Owl, then a Barn Owl and finally a Bengal Eagle Owl.  The handler had the owls flying to Betty's hand and we all had the opportunity to rub our cheeks on the Barn Owl's feathers!
The Saturday evening, after the arrival of more family members, we had a meal at a canal-side pub; a lovely, noisy get-together.

Finally, on Sunday, friends joined us for a barbecue with Betty's son Clive valiantly braving the smoke to cook for us all!

Needless to say, Betty spent a lot of time opening presents.

The week-end passed so quickly but everyone enjoyed the occassion!  Especially Betty and her family.