Wearing Nothing But A Smile, A Suitless Birthday

What better way to celebrate a birthday than wearing nothing more than your birthday suit for the occasion?  Makes perfect sense to me!

Saturday, August 14th, was my 51st birthday and my husband took me to our special hot springs to spend the day.  It was a wonderful day.  He spent the whole day catering to me.  We whiled away the day together lolling in tubs of warm mineral water, steaming our cares away in the steam room and basking in the dry warmth of the sauna.  Throughout the day he gave me foot rubs, leg massages and congenial pats of affection and appreciation.  Every caress made it quite clear that even though I turned 51 in the chronological sense, my husband continues to regard me as a healthy, attractive, desirable mate.  There's life in this old girl yet!

We had a light lunch to save room and a hearty appetite for dinner.  My husband has become quite an excellent cook over the years and his grilling talents have become legend.  My birthday dinner consisted of grilled kabobs of large shrimp and Ahi tuna pieces marinated in his homemade teriyaki sauce, slices of a homegrown Heirloom tomato dressed with olive oil, rice vinegar and sprinkled with crumbled feta and a loaf of garlic peppercorn bread with warm herbed olive oil in which to dip it.  We shared a festive bottle of  Schmitt Sohne 2002 Riesling, one of my current favorite summer wines, to complete this festive feast.  No birthday celebration is complete without at least the hint of a birthday cake.  At the meal's end I was presented with a Hostess Cupcake.  Perfect.  I don't think I've eaten one of these in at least five years; it'll be another five years before I consider another.

All the while we were enjoying our meal, a lively discussion and genial merriment was coming from several people seated at the table next to us.  A brief moment of blatant eavesdropping informed me that one of the women was celebrating her birthday as well.  Truly, this was a woman who knew one of the best places in the world to celebrate a birthday.

I entered this world naked and unashamed 51 years ago, the very physical result from a loving union between my parents.  I enjoy the fact that I'm currently willing and able to visit available places and return to being naked and unashamed in the prime of my adulthood and glory in that brief element of chance that allowed for my existence on this Earth.  My continued practice of living the life of a naturist is my ongoing gift to myself.  I shall indulge for yet another year.  It was a very happy birthday.