Happy Birthday - Tapa dura

Vintage birthday cards and engravings complement an inspirational gift book containing words of wisdom about birthdays, poems, simple recipes for birthday treats, and information on birthstones, flowers, and astrological signs for each month. 75,000 first printing.

thday, Barbara Milo Ohrbach, best-selling author of The Scented Room and A Token of Friendship, celebrates the day that has a very special meaning for us all. Here are cheerful wishes and warm thoughts -- from Will Rogers and Helen Hayes to Jack Benny and Edith Wharton -- that express the various feelings many of us have about the marking of one more year. Also included in this unique little birthday gift book are favorite poems; the official birthstone, flower, color, and astrological sign for each month; and easy recipes for frosted birthday cakes and other irresistible treats such as Quick Party Pizza, Sunshine Cake, and Ice-cream Roll.

"Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."--Jack Benny
"We are always the same age inside."--Gertrude Stein
"It takes a long time to grow young."--Pablo Picasso
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."--Mark Twain

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