Another year older

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 
                                                 ~Chili Davis       

Mr. Cottage had another birthday today, which is a good thing!  He never likes to have a fuss made over his birthdays, but being married to me doesn't always allow him to celebrate it quietly.  I decided to order a large cake for his birthday because we have a group of friends that we meet regularly with for 'happy hour'.   I informed most of them yesterday so they would all try and make an effort to be there today.  At our appointed time, however, Mother Nature had other ideas...such as a bit of rain.  Fortunately it was short lived and not as bad as it could have been so we were still able to meet, eat, drink and sing "Happy Birthday".  

        
Mr. Cottage is a huge Tom Clancy fan.  So I had ordered the newest one for his birthday as soon as it was released and had kept it hidden in our RV.

Hopefully, he'll have enough reading to do for awhile because he brought another Tom Clancy book from back home that he hadn't read yet.  Two big Tom Clancy books!  Better start reading, Mr. Cottage, and by the way, hope you had a great day today!