First sun flower in our Care-Co garden
This birthday will be a bit different from the others, as we are living in different times now. When we look back to last year's birthday, no one expected something like Corona to happen. Although we have been lucky in Rodrigues without any registered cases, we have been suffering quite a lot by the economic and practical consequences of the international border closure which is still on...
So no travelling for Paul this year, the suitcases will stay empty in the store.Hopefully next year will be different, but who are we to know...?
Friends of Paul from England wanted to come but couldn't...No International Honey Show to go this year neither. And as to Care-Co we are just struggling hard to survive this crisis with nearly no customers buying our products. So, this birthday will also have a more modest note in terms of cakes and photo prints which have been a tradition for quite some years now.
However well wishing is on, see yourself...!
Donald at the entry gate of Care-Co...
Nicodème and Ricarsley in the middle of constructing a new compost bin, both wishing you:
" Bonne anniversaire et une longue vie!"
"Très bonne anniversaire. Bonne santé. Bonne continuation. Soyez beni pour les prochaines années!"
Isonette, unfortunately without the beautiful hibiscus which was just flowering too high up, I had to crop it to see more of her...
"Bonne anniversaire!"
"Bonne anniversaire!"
James. I kept him small as the palm tree in our garden looks beautiful these days.
"Meilleurs voeux, longue vie et bonne santé!"
"Bonne anniversaire! Que Dieu vous aide encore!"
Eric, our head beekeeper at Care-Co.
We owe it to Michael Duggan, a retired beekeeper who came often from England to Rodrigues to assess the situation for bees and beekeeping, that we have started with beekeeping and our Honey Department where we started to train disabled persons and their families in beekeeping.So it is also due to him that we started winning international prizes in the International Honey Show in London....
Danilo with....
....and without mask:
" Bonne anniversaire, Monsieur Paul!"
Tonère in the garden
"Bonne anniversaire, Monsieur Paul, que vous vivez encore longue et que vous veillissez encore un peu avec nous. Ce que vous soyez toujours là pour que des travailleurs puissent continuer travailler pour Care-Co!"
Peddy in front of our Durante tree
"Bonne anniversaire!"
Christio
"Happy Birthday, Mister Paul!"
" Bonne anniversaire et une longue vie!"
Shela
at CocoZone has written something for you which unfortunately I can't read, so that will come later:-)
Got it now:
"Happy Birthday!
"Happy Birthday!
Zame mo pu blier quand n fois ou ti dire ici ou ine gagne n branche pour ou pausé, moi aussi mo pareill sa zozo ou n gagne n branche pou mo pausé depuis là mo travaille ici."
"Bonne fête!"
Rajesh, our receptionist trainee, and Mr. Gonzague are wishing you too a happy birthday and a long life!
Jean Liode who assists Care-Co with the finances and Ronn, my 8 year old German student, they too wish you all the best, not only for today. And this is for you from Ronn:
And if you might ask yourself where the dogs are....
They do what they always do, enriching every day of your life....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAUL, TODAY AND ALWAYS!
Find cakes and previous wishes to Paul here:
Some of my facebook friends, Mary Joy Fong, Jenny Wong and Martheline Edouard (..."God bless you anundantly") send you good wishes too and say "Happy Birthday" too!
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