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To start with, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

shu_shu_sleeps !

Spookily, you have looked younger every time I have seen you in the last two years. Keep it up, fabulousness is wasted on the very young and you fab with so much more panache than most! Hope you've had a great day, I was going to call you but was trapped at work and I am quite certain you're at dinner now. My timing sucks!

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me such lovely wishes, including

abusing_sarcasm , who has been studying Australianisms, bless; the lovely and sparkly

aldehyde ;

alex_s9 , I send you a wave from the boiling south!;

anthimaeria , Mwaah! AND you are the time zone queen;

azurelunatic , thank you so much for the snowflake!;

banbury , cheers dear!;

bewarethesmirk , and I did not die of heat!;

brinian , oh that PUPPY TUMMY!;

bryoneybrynn , that turkey was for both of us for our unfinishingness, wasn’t it?;

calanthe_fics , I adore my present! You are wittier than me, you rotter!;

catsintheattic , thanks for the chocolate mousse and Ray Bradbury quotage;

complications_g , I hope things have cooled down for you!;

empress_jae , thanks for the fruity drink! I’ve missed you! Love you back!

fourth_rose , I hope you have more time this year! We all miss you;

frankkincense , you darling young creature, you;

frantic_mice , I loved my song! I've never seen that little fellow before!;

kittiword , your horror at the heat was appreciated;

leochi , I ADORE my art;

lilian_cho , I send hugs back to you and the Cho-let;

micolerose , fingers crossed your eyes are behaving again; Grazie,

mytia for your lovely message! …

And bugger! I swear that I do not have anything against people whose names are in the second half of the alphabet, despite the evidence, but I am failing miserably at staying awake in the heat with all the tiredness, so a very big thank you to

nk_aoede ,

pir8fancier ,

ravenclawbest ,

rickey_a ,

romaine24 ,

sansa1970 ,

sbbo ,

scrtkpr (your fence saga brought tears of laughter to my eyes!),

sesheta_66 ,

shiv5468 (I love that opening, and fear the reasons Lucius is showing Draco tombs. Are you writing vampire fic? *waggles eyebrows*),

shu_shu_sleeps ,

snottygrrl ,

thisgirl_is and

tomatoe18, and to everyone who sent comment greetings! I will try and get back to you all before I leave the country on Sunday, but if I don't, you all made me smile widely and gave me a truly lovely birthday! Thanks again!

And to A and SA, (aka A1 and A3), Cheers darlings! A2 forgot, you know. She is feeling guilty, it's quite fun ;-)

PS Please don't anyone say thanks for the thanks, or it will end up like the Thank You Cards for Great Aunt Irene Saga of 1979-1983.

PPS By god the tennis is good tonight! And I hear Melbourne has a cool change, *hopes it sticks*