📷 Yesterday was my birthday 🎉🎉🎉🍸🎁🎈🎉🎉🎉

[onealfa]

Birthday. The day of presents? Sure !

And the best, warmest, deepest gift came again from my loved wife. As always.
Look what I got:

She knows I like mushrooms. So she went to the nearest wood, and 3 hours later came back with this small basket, full of these wonderful yellow goodies.

Well , in general, just another day. A perfect day to look back. Because every year this day is different...

A quick look back

I was born 63 years ago. In the early morning, at ~7AM, while driving with my Mom and my Granpa to the the nearest doctor. Which was like 15 km away. I was impatient, and I said "enough, let me out". And got born on a road, in a wooden vehicle, driven by one horse power. Something in like this:

[This is not authentic photo. Just taken from the web. Nobody yet had a photo cameras here by then...]

On the ROAD

I am not sure this is really the reason, but about 16 years later, a novel "On the Road" by American writer Jack Kerouac - became my favorite book. I read it three times. And since then - I always feel exceptional, extremely well once I hit the road.

I am so glad my Dad got his first photo camera few years later, so some early days photos have survived.

57 years ago:

56 years ago:

45 years ago:

My Dad encouraged my first steps with photo camera, when I was twelve. Since then - photography is one of my favorite ways to spend a free minute.
Thousands and thousands of pics ( hundreds of thousands, I guess) are now on a countless hard disks, not to count paper prints, and rolls of film. But this is just another story.

One of the late pics, from a birthday dinner on the same terrace, is from one year ago:

Not a big noisy celebrations any more. Just the closest, most dear persons is all what you want , once you get over 60.
At least this is my preference. And I'm happy.

@onealfa

P.S.
Check the fire dance pictures from the birthday evening - on my blog. See if you like 'em.

Comments

[ilonalt]

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[onealfa]

Aciu labai, Ilona. Sekmes ir tau , @ilonalt

[daumantas]

Happy birthday Victor! You had a very beautiful curls. Hahaha

[ligit]

Family is the most important and the best THING that can happen to a person!

[rtdcs]

Happy birthday my friend!

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @rtdcs

[blazing]

a very happy Birthday @onealfa
wish you loads of success and happiness

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @blazing

[magnusw]

Nice Story onealfa, seems life goes so fast by, the feel not atleast nostalgic looking on those kind of pictures.When you put it in that kind of perspective sir, Happy Birthday eventhough from Norway!

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @magnusw

[goddyvips]

Instead of 100 fake people wishing you birthday who doesnot even care about you its better to spend time with someone who cares about you.I wish i have someone close when i turned 60.happy birthday eventhough im late in the party.

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, sir.

[shahzaib]

nice a so good and cute family u all look so cute @onealfa sir...may god give u many happines for ur all life with ur family sir

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @shahzaib

[teutorigos]

Happy birthday! Wish you all the best next to your family and close friends.

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @teutorigos

[finance2nomad]

Happy birthday @onealfa! Keep your family close - the most valuable in the world! Cheers, @Finance2Nomad

[dragonator]

Happy Birthday Onealfa... these mushrooms surely look delicious... one of my favorite things to do is mushroom hunting... unfortunatelly, Vietnam is not the best country for that... enjoy your day!

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @dragonator

[creativecomma]

happy Birthday @onealfa
you are awesome

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @creativecomma

[way-truth-light]

Happy Birthday.

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @way-truth-light

[olgy-art]

Happy birthday dear friend!!!

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @olgy-art

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[livinguktaiwan]

Happy birthday! What a beautiful thoughtful present

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @livinguktaiwan

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welcome to Steemit @Onealfa:) Glad to see more people like you - here joining Steemit! Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me .

[onealfa]

Thanks a lot, @khunfarang

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