My birthday!  Twenty ninth!  It has been such a happy one in spite of being in bed.  Eddie sent me lovely flowers, Talisman roses, orangy/pink snapdragons, Gerbera, Stock, and fern. He gave me “House Beautiful” for three years, half a dozen lovely green custard cups like the ones I have, and a perfectly marvelous 3 ¾ gallon compressed air sprayer for my garden.  All were things I’d rather have than anything else.  I have seen few birds from my window but I saw an exquisite golden crowned Kinglet in one of the little pines and I also saw the Cardinals, Myrtle Warblers and Song Sprrows, Robins and Juncos.  Eddie saw the Bluebirds inspecting the house on the old tree today so I’m afraid they really are just “lookers” and not “renters”.