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And the weekend has gone very well so far. A few cards, messages and calls from friends and family, a few gifts tangible and intangible. Houseguest Friday-Saturday and fangirl movie party last night (Kingsmen: The Secret Service). Today I scored free breakfast at IHOP for a treat and then went with childhood friend C. to Revere Beach, where they were holding a sand sculpting competition. The forecast has been calling for scattered thunderstorms, but we gave it a shot and were pleased to find it didn't rain on us. Indeed, we passed a lovely couple of hours checking out the entries, walking along the ocean, chatting and grabbing lunch from two of the many food trucks.

Here are pictures of some of my favorite sculptures. One was called "Beauty and the Bot"; another was "Love is Eternal."

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Dinner with C. and her husband in a little while at a fancy place in Harvard Square neither of us has tried. Hopefully the food will live up to the restaurant's reputation. Even if not, it should be an enjoyable time. In general this weekend, keeping busy (but not too busy) has been good.

While we're doing a picture post, here are some nice ones from July 4. Taken from a boat with my mom and her bf: sunset followed by a beautiful fireworks display.

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Date: Jul. 26th, 2015 09:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] thedeadparrot
Happy birthday! Also, those sculptures are amazing.

Date: Jul. 26th, 2015 11:06 pm (UTC)
isagel: Lex and Clark of Smalllville, a black and white manip of them naked and embracing, with the text 'Isagel'. (Default)
From: [personal profile] isagel
Happy birthday!!!

Date: Jul. 26th, 2015 11:08 pm (UTC)
thirdblindmouse: The captain, wearing an upturned pitcher on his head, gazes critically into the mirror. (Default)
From: [personal profile] thirdblindmouse
My god, those statues are amazing. Happy birthday!

Date: Jul. 26th, 2015 11:24 pm (UTC)
shati: imposing walrus; text "walrus milk" ([beaton] mm delicious milk)
From: [personal profile] shati
Happy birthday! That sand sculpture with all the eyes is the greatest thing I've seen this week.

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 01:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] azephirin
Happy birthday! :D

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 01:50 am (UTC)
laurashapiro: a woman sits at a kitchen table reading a book, cup of tea in hand. Table has a sliced apple and teapot. A cat looks on. (Default)
From: [personal profile] laurashapiro
Happy birthday! Sounds like it eas a good one. And thanks for sharing the sand sculptures -- I love stuff like that.

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 02:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] scribe
Happy birthday! I always mean to go see the sand sculptures and have never yet managed to, whoops.

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 02:38 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cathexys
Happy birthday! And thanks for sharing those images. They're really great!!!

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 03:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] topaz_eyes
Happy Birthday! Glad to hear it was awesome. ♥ Those sculptures are just incredible!

Date: Jul. 27th, 2015 06:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] nightdog_barks
OMG I AM A DAY LATE BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY :D

♥ ♥ ♥

Date: Jul. 28th, 2015 09:54 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] schneefink
Belatedly, happy birthday! Very pretty pictures :)

Date: Jul. 28th, 2015 05:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kabal42
Belated Happy Birthday!

And I have to echo all the 'wow's. Those sand sculptures really are amazing.

Date: Jul. 30th, 2015 08:48 pm (UTC)
kabal42: Captain America and Iron Man leaning on each other, arms around each other's shoulders (Default)
From: [personal profile] kabal42
That sounds very lovely indeed :)
And made me realise that I don't know which area you are in these days!

Date: Jul. 28th, 2015 08:44 pm (UTC)
cinco: Spock looking doubtful: "O RLY?" (Default)
From: [personal profile] cinco
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'm sorry I missed the actual day--I hope it was a great one! I love the sand sculpture photos, they are amazing. I'd love to hear what you find out about how they're made!

Date: Jul. 28th, 2015 09:26 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] roga
I'd meant to say happy birthday and did not, so belatedly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Also, these sculptures are amazing, and also also, I loved your xkcd story :D :D :D

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