Helena-Reet: 4 birthdays (BIG GALLERY!)
NordenBladet – Summer has been diverse, a lot of anguish has visited me, yet also piles of great events have come my way (the exhibition in ERM, buyout of the house, garden design, renovation, road trips, etc). The separation that stretched over several years, advocates, court-going, evaluations of real estate and dividing the property are finally done and it can be said that communication between me and my ex-partner and father of my children is currently rather normal.
Divorce is never “a pleasant event” and once you’ve lived with someone half of your lifetime it is only natural that the soul will ache for a long time, that tears will force their way out now and then and the heart feels heavy. Even when you already turned a new page in your life. Even when you found your kin spirit and feel deep honour and love toward someone else. However, in today’s blog let’s pause to talk about birthdays, lately there have been several of them! More specifically rightaway!
#1 End of July – Allan’s birthday in Taagepera castle
After our congratulations at home, I sent the children to Mõigu to their grandma-grandpa and we started off to South-Estonia with Allan for two days, so that we could celebrate Allan’s 36th birthday there. A beautiful present from Allan’s parents! We had planned a day in Taagepera WagenkĂĽll SPA, an evening in WagenkĂĽll restaurant, and a night in a magnificent historic palace. Gosh how I like the interior as well as the facade of Taagepera castle! This is so me! The SPA, founded on the spot lately, is also very nice, I recommend it!
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Next day we drove on to Tartu. First we went to Lange motocenter to race (well, to be more precice, men were racing and we cheered them) and then we went to Estonian National Museum where I gave an interview about my art exhibition for the news program Aktuaalne Kaamera (see HERE) and for Kuku Radio (listen HERE) and then had another very proud look at our exhibition and admired the Elisheva & Shoshana products that are also available at ERM store! In the evening we headed to Kiidjärve to watch a theatrical performance named Vana klaver – Old piano.
#2 Beginning of August – Allan’s mother’s birthday in Tallinn at Elamusgolf centre
Allan’s mother celebrated her current birthday in Elamusgolf centre located underneath Vabaduse square. It’s a clever place for holding a birthday party when you also look for good entertainment for children. There are really nice minigolf tracks, discgolf, and on the spot you can also order pizza, main courses and snacks. Several hours of exciting leisure time guaranteed!
#3 Estonian Independence Day and my birthday on 20 August
My sign is also Leo like the signs of previous two birthday-people! Yay! 🙂 Still, I like to throw a party any other day than my own birthday, thus I haven’t celebrated my birthday in years… however, the joy still fills my heart when someone remembers me on a special day! In the morning Estella played the violin, Allan downright showered me with flowers – he had bought cut flowers, flowerpots, for the garden an entire flowerbed, and also cultivated blueberries! So lovely! When I looked out the window, on the table there were waiting some more flowers, shampagne and a cake from Allan’s brother’s family! At dinner time my parents came to see me, they always come even when the party hasn’t been announced… hahaa. Since I was born on 20 August, all of Estonia is celebrating with me!
#4 End of August – surprise-party for dad
We planned to celebrate father’s 78th birthday in Murimäe, in our garden, yet the summer that had lasted quite long had just ended a week earlier, thus ruining our plans. Therefore we made a last minute decision and invited the guests to my elder sister Marie’s place in Tartu. The birthday was held among the nearest and dearest, it was cozy – we went to sauna, outdoor hot tub, the pool, played cards and had a feast of good food prepared by ourselves.
Do read also my previous blog posts (all posts are available in four languages – Estonian, Finnish, Swedish and English!)
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