It’s a good life when you’re sitting outside with a tiara on your head, looking lovely, holding 10 bouquets of flowers, surrounded by family in the driveway of an oceanfront home, and the neighbors and friends keep on coming to wish you a happy 100th birthday.

They sang it twice to Althea Martie, and then the vicar of St. Peters-at-the-Light Episcopal Church spoke with gratitude that “we’re privileged to know you and to have you as part of our community for so many years.”