One day simply isn’t enough time to celebrate, so we don’t celebrate birthdays, we celebrate birth weekends.

Fanning out her candles instead of blowing them out — a COVID-19 safety measure.

Flowers for the woman I love.

COVID-19 kept us from a traditional outing to the theater, but we still had popcorn!

Who doesn’t like birthday balloons?

Hiking the Poverty Creek trails.

Donna’s version of rock climbing.



We had to go a different route than planned, thanks to unusually deep stream crossings.



Sunday night, trying to coerce Buddy to migrate from the guest bedroom to the master.

Eventually, we succeeded.

Birthday morning kisses from Buddy – and his morning breath.

Snow had fallen overnight, making for a beautiful morning walk to start Donna’s birthday.

Nothing beats snow-covered evergreens.


Fortunately it was cold enough for snow but not cold enough for ice.












