The 90th birthday card
Posted: May 14, 2025 Filed under: Hand painted, Heather lowercase die set, Pink Fresh studio, Watercolour | Tags: Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Hand painted, Pink Fresh studio 8 Comments
As some of my readers guessed when I was away recently I was visiting my family in Australia. One of the reasons to be there in April was my dad’s 90th birthday. Late March/early April ended up being a lovely time to be in NSW where the sun shone and the temperature hovered around the mid 20s! It was also a good time to be out of Ottawa where there were several ice storms and 15cm of snow more than once!
We celebrated Dad’s birthday with a lovely afternoon tea gathering attended by friends from recent years and years gone by, along with many family members including a brand new great grand daughter! We had an afternoon of food, fun and fellowship with songs, speeches, photos, a quiz and a slideshow. It really was a special occasion.
For his birthday card I painted some eucalyptus leaves (as I also did for the invitation) and added a die-cut 90 in co-ordinating colours. By the time I left to go home the sideboard in his living room was covered in cards and not a duplicate among them. How lovely to see so many of his friends and family celebrating with him or sending kind greetings for the occasion. And here’s another sunset photo taken close to Dad’s home.
Heather Telford 
Your eucalyptus leaves are beautiful, Heather! How special to celebrate your Dad’s 90th birthday and what a blessing to be able to spend it with him!
Truly it was a blessing to have Heather with me over the birthday season; and to receive greetings from some of Heather’s bloggers as well as family and friends from “all over”.
Thank you. ND.
Beautiful card and what a lovely way to celebrate!
The eucalyptus leaves are so beautifully painted Heather and what a milestone birthday for your Dad and it sounds as though you had a wonderful celebration with him whilst you were in Australia. It certainly looks like a really lovely area which your Dad lives in and I’m sure you enjoyed the lovely warm sunshine whilst it was very cold in Ottawa. x
This is so awesome! Beautiful card and photos!
What a wonderful, happy occasion in such a beautiful place! Your lovely painting, as usual, is spot on and the perfect way to capture the essence of scene. Best wishes to you and your family.
Happy Birthday to your dad, great job on those leaves they look so real!
How lucky are you to have a dad who turned 90! And he in turn, is lucky to have such a caring and talented daughter!
Marilyn