So, it is party time again, folks!

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Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

We've got a huge backlog of gardening to do -- lots of bulbs to put in, which are languishing in our too-warm kitchen, and a big area of weeds that needs clearing and digging over so we can plant it before the frosts set in. It's always enjoyable buying plants, but it's much less enjoyable digging and weed clearing to put them in. My back still aches from last weekend!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I went to a garden centre last weekend and bought bulbs, too. They are just going to have to wait a bit longer to go in the ground; I know the packet says to plant them straight away, but I can't help thinking that since my kitchen isn't much warmer than the in-door part of the garden centre where they displayed the bulbs, they should be fine sitting there for awhile. I also bought some plants, wanting some hanging baskets for my front porch. Being lazy, I bought ready planted baskets though, so all I had to do was hang them up! :-) What really needs doing in my garden at the moment, is mowing the lawn. Not sure I am going to get around to that this weekend either, which in all likelihood means it won't happen until next weekend. I keep thinking I could do it one week night, but what with the evenings getting shorter, and me usually being to lazy/tired to do much when I get home from work, in reality it is very unlikely.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I wondered that too, but our kitchen is quite warm atm (tho' unheated). Ready-planted hanging baskets sounds like a great move. I hate lawn mowing but we managed to get half of it done last weekend. The other half is a bit of a weed/rubble fest, sadly (we had builders...)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I don't really mind mowing the lawn, once I get started, though I do find I keep putting it off. There is also the fact that the way my mower works, trying to mow the lawn while it is wet (with dew, or rain) gets the mower clogged up with the cuttings, which means you need a special, and not that common, type of weather that isn't helping...

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

We have that problem too, and there are big trees in the middle of the lawn which shade it in autumn so that it doesn't dry off until late in the afternoon, so it has to be dry all day...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

My house shades half my lawn; it isn't very big, which is one of the reasons I don't really mind mowing it once I get started, because it is relatively quickly done. And it does leave me with a nice feeling of accomplishment!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

It looks really nice when it's done, which is pleasant.