Yesterday was our thirty-ninth wedding anniversary, and the bright, beautiful day was filled with simple pleasures.
First, we went to Railroad Square Cinema for Cinema Explorations, a winter film series.Ā As Cinema Explorations begins at 10 a.m., delicious bagels, provided by Bagel Mainea, are available. Clif and I can never resist.
We always get to Railroad Square early so that there is time to chat. Clif is on the left, and our friend Joel is on the right.
The movie Dukhtar, which means daughter in English, was showing, and it is the last of the film series.Ā This excellent Pakistani film is about a mother and her young daughter who flee from the latter’s arranged marriage. Dukhtar is by turns tender, harrowing, sad, and triumphant, a movie very much worth seeing.
(Eye in the Sky, a movie with Helen Mirren and the late, great Alan Rickman, will be coming soon, and Clif and I are looking forward to seeing it.)
What to do after the the movie? Why, go across the parking lot to Grand Central Cafe for pizza with friends and a discussion about Dukhtar.
Because the day was so fine and the dog had been left alone for a fair amount of time, we decided that after pizza, a walk in the woods was in order.
I was taken by the juxtaposition of pussy willows next to frayed cattails.
In the woods, the snow is completely gone.
The horned tree stands guard over the trail.
Two of my favorite guys.
Clif and I ended the day with Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange Chicken, egg rolls from our local Chinese restaurant, and white rice we cooked ourselves. We both had a rum and coke to go with this meal.
Happy anniversary to us!
Happy anniversary! Glad you enjoyed the simple joys. Ps Today is my birthday š
Happy Birthday to you and may you have many more. š
Thanks, Carina. And a very happy birthday to you.
Happy Anniversary to you both! It sounds like you had a marvelous day. Here’s to many more happy and healthy ones. I’ll anxiously await your review on Helen Mirren’s movie. š
Thanks, Judy. I’ll let you know about the Helen Mirren movie.
Happy happy happy anniversary!!! š
Thanks, Shannon.
Happy Anniversary and looks like you had a beautiful day to enjoy it!
Thanks, Eliza. We certainly did.
Happy Anniversary and thank you for sharing the trail photos……….I love trees.
Thanks, Jim.
Happy Anniversary to you both. I’m glad to see that you celebrated by doing your favourite things.
Thanks, Mary.
You are a wonderful couple and we’re lucky to have you for friends. Happy Anniversary.
Thanks so much, Beth! We feel the same way about you and John.
Congrats. Ruby next
My daughter Shannon was wondering what the fortieth was, and I didn’t know. Thanks for the info, Derrick. It is highly unlikely we’ll celebrate with real rubies, but we’ll have to find something ruby red—flowers, perhaps for the garden—to mark our fortieth.
Give me a reminder, and I’ll send you a flower
I will definitely remind you š
Happy Anniversary – a day late. You celebrated in sound style!
Thanks so much, Cheryl.
Happy anniversary, that is wonderful. And with the good news of today…more celebrations are in order!! wishing you many more years in happiness and health, xo Johanna
Thanks so much, Johanna!
Happy Anniversary!
Many thanks!
Happy Anniversary .
Thanks, Helen.
Great post – Happy anniversary!
Thanks, Jodie.