I went and had another birthday

Birthdays appear determined to arrive no matter what we do to ignore them, so I baked myself a cake. Looks pretty good on the outside. . .




. . . and even better on the inside. Served it up with a little orange ice cream and a little raspberry coulis. . .


. . .invited my newest friends from next door. There was Alex. . .

. . . and his brother William. . .

. . . and their mother Manon. Isn't that just the sunniest smile you ever saw?

. . . and a great time was had by all.

the visitor at my kitchen window

This little fellow has begun to visit the bird feeder in front of my kitchen window. He senses me on the other side of the glass because he saw the flash from the camera when I took the first pic. That one just gave me a good view of the glare you get if you take a picture with flash directly at a pane of glass.




He's not sure if he wants to run away or risk helping himself to the bird feeder. Eventaully he settled for helping himself to the spilled feed under the feeder.



The Cardinal and His Lady is coming along nicely.