One Fine Day

After some days of not, blogger seems to be speaking to me again. So, to catch up:
had a fine day, a birthday, recently.
Hiked with T. in the morning, had a fine lunch at our newest spot, Osteria, and, that evening had a few good friends over for supper. I made my really super fried chicken and Ariel, made a glorious apricot tart. The tart can be glimpsed in the center image and I hope, as per a recent request for more, another will follow.

Why is the above image - my birthday picture - in B&W? no reason at all, just fooling around!