For He 's a Jolly Good Fellow

 

 

There will  n 'er be a dearth of occasions wherein to praise a friend and extol his virtues ....... and thus is is with my good buddy..... Bill Donnelly...... and yes , you've guessed it..... it's his birthday .... AGAIN !! However , this one has a special twist about it because  with this one Bill officially and legally completes  the Seventh Decade........ the Big 70 !!

Right about now I would normally start roasting Bill ..... but not today !! Instead I shall simply make him squirm nervously by comparing  our friendship to the nearby sea whose inexhaustable energy I have been tapping  into every day since my return here to the Fundy Coast .... with its high , low , slack and rip tides..... still and turbulent waters . .....wavelets softly lapping the shoreline of Cranberry Head as well as  its mighty breakers pounding the rocks at Five Fathom Hole . Thanks for the last 56 years , Old Buddy...... and a humungous  Happy Birthday to you.  

P.S.1. Above picture shows the gathering of the Donnelly clan in Prince Edward Island a few years ago. The local constabulary was duly informed of their presence on that insular paradise and the appropriate precautionary measures were immediately taken to assure public safety and maintain order.

P.S. 2. My attempt at puns usually makes Bill cringe so I'll try to better my average with this one...... like the little boy who stayed awake all night trying to figure out why the sun had disappeared. Finally it dawned on him !