Requested by Erlene: The Prayer, sung by Josh Groban and Charlotte Church (is she grown up now? Where does the time go?).
And P.S., Happy Birthday to Erlene!
Tag: birthday greetings
‘Fountain of Never-Ceasing Grace’
It was Joshua’s birthday the other day, I wish I’d found out sooner so I could have posted it. Happy birthday, friend and colleague.
We have Joshua and Jeremy performing Fountain of Never-Ceasing Grace, a hymn I’d never heard before. Well, there are a lot of those…!
Happy Birthday, Erlene!
Well, I knew it was Erlene’s birthday today! So did all the quokkas. But trust humans to let a thing like that slip past them.
Here on Rottnest Island, all of us quokkas have gotten together to wish Erlene a happy birthday We know she’s still recovering from her illness, so we won’t expect her to come out and play Pickup Stix. But we’ll play a few games in your honor, dear friend!
Happy Birthday, Joshua!
Here at Quokka University, Joshua Swanson’s birthday is a very big deal! We’ve named a table for him; today we’ll gather around it and munch on tasty leaves and twigs.
Byron the Quokka here–and please join us in extending what can only be called felicitations to Joshua on his birthday. And yeah, mate, I know that sentence is a bit longer than it had to be… but this is, after all, a bloomin’ college!
P.S.–He’s 22. Some of us would be afraid to be 22 again.
Thank You, Thank You…
Patty, my wife, wants to thank you all for posting birthday greetings here yesterday. It pumped her up to throw caution to the winds and acquire a birthday cake (she hardly ever does that). And she has a nice box of assorted chocolate truffles to go with it.
The exigencies of the election sort of tamped down our celebratory mood last night. There’s a lesson to be learned from that: live life and don’t let the Heathen spoil it. I hope we’ll get a chance to profit by it, come Christmas.
[Meanwhile we have a comment contest going and only one or two comments so far today. I hope that shabby election hasn’t demoralized our readership.]
Happy Birthday, Joshua!
Things get so confusing around here! Joshua’s birthday almost came and went–good thing we had someone up in the crows’ next.
Can we get Joshua to sing for his birthday?
Nope, can’t do it. So we have an instrumental with brother Jeremy, To God Be the Glory
Well, Joshua is 21 years old today, and we thank him and Jeremy for all the wonderful hymns they play for us throughout the year. Happy birthday, Joshua!
You’re Invited to My Party!
Sunday is my birthday, 72 years’ burdening the earth, and you’re all invited to my party. Our apartment isn’t suitable, so I’m constructing an imaginary house with a big back porch and a porch swing (gee, that picture looks like Grandpa’s porch! Just exactly like it!), horseshoe pits in the yard, folding tables for Monopoly games–the works. It’ll all be ready by Sunday morning.
There’ll be beer, cigars, wine, soft drinks, fruit punch; cake, donuts, crabcakes; and I wouldn’t be surprised if a few of you showed up with the means of making music for us. (You know who you are!) Hamburgers, hot dogs, spare ribs. I am prepared to spend however much imaginary money it takes to make this imaginary party a success.
If we put our minds to it and all work together, we just might look like a Grandma Moses painting.
So who’s gonna be there? Everyone’s invited.
Now excuse me while I set some lawn chairs under the catalpa tree…
Birthday Greetings: Erlene
Today’s Erlene’s birthday–and I tell you, this place wouldn’t be this place without her.
Byron the Quokka here, with birthday greetings for Erlene on behalf of all of us. Don’t be embarrassed because we love you, Erlene! Think of Cato the Elder saying, “I’d rather people asked why I don’t have a statue in the Forum than why I do.” Now I’m not sure why I said that, but never mind.
I wish we could’ve baked you a cake.
Birthday Greetings: Lydia
While you poor American dillies try to cope with losing an hour to daylight savings time, here on Rottnest Island we’re getting a party together to wish Lydia a Happy Birthday!
She’s left us for college, but nobody told me to take her name off the birthday list and besides, we don’t forget you, whoever you are.
In fact, I’d like to make the list longer! If you’d like birthday greetings from Byron the Quokka, well, let us know and we’ll add you to the list.
Happy Birthday, Lydia, wherever you are.
Birthday Greetings: Jeremy
Yes, yes, I know we’re late, this should’ve been done on Saturday, when it actually was Jeremy’s birthday–so we’re two days late. I, Byron the Quokka, disclaim all responsibility for this error: it was entirely Lee’s fault, 100% he’s to blame, not me, etc., etc.
And so we bring you Jeremy and his brother, Joshua, with an instrumental of How Great Thou Art. Let the truth be known: we love these guys, these Swanson brothers.
I made this list, see, with all the birthdays on it–crikey, why didn’t he check the list?
Happy birthday, Jeremy! Keep the music coming.