Sandy Supposes....

Never Belabour Another Birthday

SEPTEMBER 1st, 2023 Prompt: Create an original quote re WDC's 23rd birthday and expand to any topic.

         Hmm, create a quote. How's this one? Never belabour another birthday.

         Birthdays are inevitable for many of us. Each year another one rolls around ideally with a scrumptious cake. There's no better excuse to indulge in sweet calorie intake than an occasion that celebrates another trip around the sun.

         I appreciate a confection that transforms the humble egg, flour, butter and sugar into a delight for my taste buds. It's nothing short of magic. This is a wondrous alchemy.

         Any flavour, any combination of ingredients harmonizes to produce an acceptable birthday cake, or as the chic French like to purr 'gateau.' A slice of lemon custard is comparable to banana, or pineapple, or chocolate, or cocoanut, or carrot, or zucchini. The fact that something delicious may be created from veggies and/or fruit is mind-boggling. They all tempt me to the point of drooling, or as the ungauch French would properly claim 'salivating.'

         I like cake. I do not deny it. Be it upside down, or inside out, square, or round, or layered a cake is a cake. I would never turn away a slice of cake. It can be warm, fresh from the oven, or chilled, plain or smothered in icing. I am not fussy. Never under any circumstances would I refuse cake.

         Over the years I've had the pleasure of numerous birthday cakes. As a lady I am duty-bound by the universal book of etiquette not to reveal my age and thus the number of said cakes. Who doesn't appreciate a bit of mystery? Am I being coy? Of course I'm not. My age is nobody's business.Am I at long last old enough to know better? I cannot admit that I am. What exactly am I supposed to know better anyway? I just know I like birthday cake, but I seem to have belaboured that point.

         May I recommend that WDCers treat themselves to the cake of their choosing to celebrate 23 marvelous years of WDC.