My anniversary...

Today is the celebration of my birth...my dears i have only one friend in this time and today she brought me a tissue bag of pearl buttons and ribbons...only the finest silk threads and also a nosegay of early camellias..just in bud, but gradually they open from the warmth of the fire...we sat awhile and had tea...only the third brewing of the leaves so it was still strong....my pretty goldfinch sings in his cage, he is a delight to me in my solitude..the night draws in....




for you another year opens in the turn of the clock....may good fortune be your constant companion.
Adieu.