It's My 35th Bird-Day

Jude Bakes a Cake
Originally uploaded by Kate Garchinsky | PenguinArt.com

And this is the cake that Jude built. Chocolate layer cake with raspberry buttercream frosting inside, and chocolate ganache on top. And a penguin. :)

Today I am grateful for (in no particular order):
1. Jude and the cake that he built
2. My life thus far
3. My family and friends
4. The birds in the pines and on the feeder outside my window, though they make quite a mess, especially the crossbills and the hairy woodpecker currently who is shoveling seeds everywhere
5. My creativity, when it comes
6. Possibilities
7. Chocolate ganache
8. Growing up
9. Maggie and Zooey and their antics
10. My last snowy season in the mountains

Happy New Year!