Yesterday was the actual date of Clif’s birthday. As regular readers know, we are firm believers in celebrating birthdays early and often. We had his big party a week or so ago, but we couldn’t let the 27th go by without doing a little something.
So off to Hallowell we went, to grab appetizers from the local Chinese restaurant and settle by the river to enjoy them.
The day was cloudy but warm, perfect, actually, to be by the water. In a flash, two hours went by as we ate, chatted, and watched the river, which caught bands of rippling blue from the sky.
We saw a number of cormorants swimming, fishing, and resting. Here is a picture of one flapping its wings.
We also saw gulls, but I wasn’t able to get a good picture as they were on the move.
Afterward, we came home and had drinks on the patio.
We all agreed it was a lovely way to celebrate a birthday.
Notes From the Hinterland 
Happy Birthday Dad!!! 🎁🎁🎂🎂
Thanks, Shannon! Wish you were here to celebrate with us.
We wish we were there too! Darn COVID. Someday life will return to normal. Sigh.
Happy Birthday Clif!
Many thanks!
Happy Birthday to Clif — looks like you had a perfect day for celebrating!
Thanks, Debbie. We surely did.
Happy Birthday Clif – I’m a believer in stringing birthdays out for as long as possible.
Happy birthday Clif! You two know how to live! I used to celebrate my birthday all month long. Now it only goes about two weeks…
More celebrations to come!
Sounds a delightful celebration.
A lovely time!
What a gift to make it to 70!
And what a gift to celebrate birthdays early and have so much joy with them
You bet!
🙂
Happy Birthday to Clif! Seems to have been a very nice day for celebrating.
A very nice day!
Bob and I send our wishes for a happy birthday and a great year!
Many thanks!
Happy Birthday, Cliff! That sounds like a perfect way to celebrate. And today would be the perfect day to celebrate again, maybe with desert!
Thanks, Dawn! More celebrations to come. 😉
Excellent!
Happy Birthday Clif! Looks like a lovely day.
Thank you, thank you!
What a wonderful celebration!
It sure was! And more to come. 😉
Happy 70th, Clif!
Thanks so much!
Happy Birthday!
Many thanks!
Happy Birthday Clif. What a wonderful celebration of the start of a new decade – I hope you will both see many more happy birthdays together.
Thanks, Anne!
Happy birthday, Clif. Appetizers by the water on a beautiful Maine day sounds like a little bit of heaven. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!
It really was! Thanks, Jodie.
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It sounds like Clif’s birthday was perfect and definitely my kind of celebration. 🙂
A really nice celebration, and more to come this week. 😉
Good food, beautiful scenery, happy birthday celebration! There is something about being near water that feeds the soul. So glad Clif had a great birthday.
Thank you, thank you! So true that being near the water feeds the soul.
Yum 🙂
Pretty darned good!
Happy birthday Clif! What a lovely way to celebrate, and this is a very well earned birthday after all the household chores you and Laurie have done.
You bet! Thanks so much!
Happy 70th, Clif! What a perfect way for you two to spend the day!
Thanks, Lavinia!
Happy birthday Clif! What a wonderfully peaceful way to celebrate. Sitting by lovely water and watching birds with your spouse while enjoying a special lunch sounds very appealing and I am going to borrow this idea for my birthday! (The only problem is it won’t be in beautiful Maine.)
Thanks so much, Betsy. And I expect your area has some beautiful spots to have a special lunch and watch the birds.
It sounds like a lovely day. Sending birthday wishes to Clif.
Many, many thanks!
Sounds perfect. Happy birthday Clif!
Thanks, Sandra!
Wow, look at that sky! Beautiful!
The sky over the river is always lovely, no matter the weather.
A wonderful way to celebrate your day. A belated Happy Birthday Clif.
I’m glad you got to linger at the river — what a perfect way to celebrate!
Happy Birthday, Clif!
Thank you, thank you!
I absolutely love your philosophy of celebrating early, often…and again on the actual day. Happy, happy birthday to Clif!
Many thanks! And again several time this week. 😉
Happy birthday, Clif! Sounds like a lovely way to spend the day.
Many thanks!
I’m glad you’ve manage to pack September full of celebrations. My belated best wishes to you both once again!
Thanks, Susan!
Sounds like another fabulous birthday celebration and love the beautiful photo of the river!!
Indeed it was! And more to come. 😉
I’m sorry to be late with my congratulations
No worries! And, after all, we are having a week of vacation and small celebrations, so really you’re not late at all. 😉
🙂
Many, many Happy Returns Clif. That sounds a lovely way to mark a special day!
Many, many thanks!
I love this birthday month-long celebrations … I am glad we are not the only household that celebrates long!
That egg roll really brought back memories: it was one of my favouritest things to eat in Chinese restaurants when I lived in Texas. Nothing quite like it!
Celebrate early, celebrate often! 😉
Hear hear!
What a beautiful way to celebrate Laurie, belated happy birthday wishes for Clif! 🤗🎶🎉
Thank you, thank you!