Birthday boy

The patriarch of the family, Uncle Tony, is 98 today. We celebrated with a low-key picnic in my cousin Russ's garden. It was a very convivial, relaxing afternoon, and the birthday boy enjoyed opening his cards and presents. As he is partial to a nip of cherry brandy in the evening, that was our gift to him sorted. It isn't easy to find a 98th birthday card, so we gave him two cards, an 18th and an 80th!

Meanwhile his little great-granddaughter decided she'd like to climb a tree and play at being a pussycat, but as she's only five a small, strategically-placed ladder helped ...