Tuesday 13 May 2008

Fifteen...

Today Tom would have been 15.

He filled my life with colour and so now I have to find colour elsewhere to get my fix.

Fortunately, my garden is willing to be my colour dealer. These tulips are a good example.




After school we had a party. Six of his cousins, my two sisters, my parents and my great-aunt all came for barbecued burgers and strawberry meringues.


I made sparkly dragonfly biscuits.





And birthday cupcakes





And then we let off a rainbow of 15 balloons from the garden.




*HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART*

17 comments:

  1. There is something special about rainbows - how beautiful those balloons look against the blue sky.

    What a wonderful way to celebrate his life.

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  2. oh Tracy.

    I'm sure he loved his party... and the balloons all reached him without popping... and ... well... I'll be thinking about you.

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  3. Happy birthday wishes from me. What a joyous event.
    Stephx

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  4. Happy Birthday Tom - your mum and family did you proud and I am sure you were smiling down on them!

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  5. What a wonderful tribute for Tom. what a beautiful sunny day full of colour.

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  6. I'm glad that you can celebrate his birthday. It is a sign of a life well led and well remembered.

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  7. what a beautiful tribute to Tom. xx

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  8. A beautiful and colourful tribute to Tom.. love those dragonfly bikkies! Gx

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  9. It's very touching........ how you've celebrated with all that colour........ the balloons going upwards..... beautifully symbolic......

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  10. Happy Birthday Tom...I'm sure that you're being a blog lurker and enjoying all the goings on. 15 eh? have a bottle of Bud' on me :-)
    love to you allxxx
    ps the dragonfly biscuits are lovely xxx

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  11. How wonderful to have the opportunity to celebrate his life with family and friends. I am sure that each of those balloons floated upwards with love and happy memories attached to the string

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  12. I'm so glad you had a party for Tom - what a lovely idea.

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  13. That's a very beautiful way to celebrate his life and all that he is to you still.

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  14. What a perfect way to celebrate such a special day.Thinking of you, x

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  15. What a great birthday party! Those balloons, cakes and biscuits must have made everybody smile and remember the special things about Tom.

    N. x

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