Well here are a few more birthday gifts. Not sure these will make you too envious but I'll give it a try.
Joe gave me a beautiful little book named Charles Harper's Bird & Words. Charley Harper was a modernist illustrator and artist with a life-long attraction to nature, especially birds.
Also, to keep the bird-theme going, Joe gave me a motion-activated toy Cardinal. And a weird birthday card of a man with a Cardinal head.
I guess to polish my new little toy bird Joe also got me my favorite dish towels from Crate and Barrel. These are the flour sack towels and I've used them in the kitchen but also wrapped them around my neck when I am out shooting in the sun/heat.
