birthday

And what a life she’s having!

(which of course means I’m turning 49…)

A wonderful and dear friend I’ve known for decades reached out to wish me a happy birthday. But because she couldn’t celebrate with me, she sent dinner AND entertainment in the form of a special recipe and tips on creating fancy shadow puppets. Here’s her cat ‘Mushroom’ enjoying some crafty shadow play…

The recipe is linked above. ❤️

Nachomama gifted me birthday daffodils! So generous and thoughtful.

I’ll plant the bulbs once the ground thaws. Meanwhile a light snow dusted the Starlink device I’m testing…

…and Sculls dreamt of blooms in June…

This is the first photo I took with my birthday present, a snazzy new Pixel 4. I guess I’m the world’s greatest photographer now. Thanks, Google!

After a lovely birthday dinner (thank you, Alison!) we enjoyed a peanut butter cake with real maple icing! I tried to adhere to the recommended safety measures when blowing out the candles…

… but when that didn’t work, I had to resort to the old way of doing things.

Fletcher got to try a little taste too!

Happy Birthday, Aaron!
(Yes, that’s Aaron in the Deadpool outfit…)