Surprise!!

We enjoyed a family and friends surprise lunch to celebrate Dad's 80th birthday yesterday.  Our deviousness of the past two months paid off as it truly was a surprise for him!

We were handsomely looked after by the restaurant Lambs (Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon) and they were in on the subterfuge and, as they said in an email, "don't worry, we know Dr Green very well indeed".  I'm not sure of that is a good thing or bad?*!

A web-search brought up a few quotes about older birthdays which are probably good to absorb into our psyche:

• “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years." (Abraham Lincoln)
• "Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
  (Mark Twain)

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and one especially for Dad as he continues to teach his Shakespeare classes every term:

• "Let me play the fool,
  With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."
  William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice (Act 1, scene 1)