My B-day

Yesterday was my birthday---B and I drove up to Praia do Forte, north of Salvador, and spent the day swimming, snorkeling and sipping agua de coco on the beach. I felt grateful and happy to be alive and healthy and celebrating one more year of life. This is what it looked like from the place we had lunch:
Later in the day we drove back home and went to dinner with the family at a nice portuguese restaurant. Then, we came home and had birthday cake. I helped make it--wanted to try this recipe for apricot cake (damasco=apricot):


This is what ours looked like:

Sort of, kind of....it tasted really good so we got something right! It was a lovely birthday in Brazil.