UPSIDE DOWN , BACK IN TIME , WITH SERPENT AND WINGED INVADER BIRTHDAY

 A  certain  mature aged  gent , who wishes to remain  anonymous for obvious  reasons  , is  resting  in  a dark  room  days  after  his   84th birthday  due  to all  the excitement  of  the  occasion  . His  slightly tipsy cake  is  shown  below .

A daughter and two great grandchildren, a boy almost five and a girl , 2 1/2,  walking  to the bus in Townsville , with  the  cake, encountered  a large  snake in  the grass , next  to  the   footpath.  

Fortunately , the  children were not  devoured  and   the  cake  remained   intact .  Naturally, the   kinders  were  keen  to  get  into  the cake  as  soon as possible  when  it was  unpacked and  put  on  display. They were, however,  firmly  told  to  be  patient  , leave  the  cake  alone .

No   longer able to  restrain himself, the  boy picked up the  cake,  brought it out  to show  everyone-  and  it   fell  face  down  on  the  carpet!

Quickly  picked up , it was  given  mouth to mouth and  eventually the  revived cake  was  ready to be prepared for consumption. The  boy  eagerly proceeded to  put  the  84  candles  into place- except  he  got them wrong way  round,  so  that   it  was  48  - a long  time ago.  

.There  was  more wildlife  excitement later  that  day when   the   resident   Curlews  were  fed  at  the  back  of  the house  as  part of  the birthday party . A   cheeky Currawong ,  pictured below , gatecrashed  the  party  and  stole some of  the   Curlew  tucker.