Birthday party

I went to a potluck tonight, to celebrate the birthdays of several friends, all of whom have birthdays in July. It was a great celebration, with some fantastic food (Dave's bruschetta with homemade crostinis and Sundae's fig cake were the big hits), enjoyable chats, and (of course) birthday singing and cake. Someone lit the candles on the cake a bit early, and they burned themselves out before everyone had gotten organized enough to all be in the same room and sing. So, some more were found, and we all sang again. (Sundae teased that she wanted to hear some better singing the second time around, with harmonies and more feeling. When we finished singing, she did tell us that we had improved from our first try!)

I like this tradition of celebrating all the birthdays in a given month at the same time. I am planning to host the August birthday potluck, since my birthday is that month. Food with friends is always an excellent way to celebrate, well, anything.