a birthday and a full garden

I turned another year older a little over a week ago. A close friend and I share a birthday and finally, after 4 years, we were able to celebrate together. I made a lemon coconut bundt cake for the occasion:

We had a party, and it was lovely. It was tame, even though the police paid us a visit around 2 in the morning, after all but a handful of guests remained. It's not unusual for the cops to shut down parties around here. The only surprise is that it didn't happen until 2am. (usually it happens around midnight or 1) Anyway, it was a good thing the police arrived; they checked my ID and that's how I learned that my driver's license expired.

I share my birthday with several friends and even family, and I am used to and enjoy celebrating it with others. My cousin and aunt and I all share a birthday, and when I was child, we would have a joint party. It was something I looked forward to, and I was a bit sad when the tradition ended.

In other news, I got us a little ornament for the garden. It sure is cute:

And we finally have a full garden plot:

After accidentally killing off the seedlings, I went to the nursery for a few replacement plants. I planted 2 romas and a cherokee purple. The garden is, for the most part, doing pretty well. The peppers are thriving, and we have beans coming up. But for some reason, the once thriving mint, isn't doing so hot. Most of the tomatoes are doing well, except one has started to turn yellow. Not sure what's going on there.

The other day, I stopped off at the garden on my way to school. A group of kids from the day care were there, having a look around. They love the garden and their teachers bring them there often, maybe even everyday, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I showed a couple kids some peppers and let them play with our garden ornament (the head bobbles back and forth). When I got ready to leave, they got sad and asked where I was going. I told them I had to go to school and even though they seemed upset that I was leaving, they did walk me to the gate. I had no idea kids can get so attached! They were so adorable, I kind of wanted to stick around.