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72 and Counting

My guy turns 72 on Saturday, and I'll be making him his new favorite dinner (sausage pasta skillet) and a German chocolate cake. I also invested in some birthday gifts this year, and this gardening kit was one Maria recommended.

This is a really nice gardening set, too. Everything looks sturdy and the tote will be nice for him to use to carry things out to our gardens.

Shutterfly sent another free wall calendar offer, so I made him one with pics from his trip to Montana. For this I just had to pay shipping.

Total cost: around $25.00 for both gifts.

Comments

Maria Zannini said…
Happy (early) Birthday, Edward. Long life and good health!

Since I've had to piecemeal my gardening tools over the years I bought myself a tote to store them all. Very handy. It's nice to keep small (easily lost) things like ties and grease pencils for marking plant labels.
nightsmusic said…
Happy, Happy (early) Birthday, Edward! I hope it's every happy thing you wish for.

I have a little rolling seat/cart that I keep my few garden tools in. I drag that around my acre of flowerbeds and do my gardening sitting. We don't really do gifts for each other for birthdays. We just go out to a nice, quiet place for dinner.

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