Thank you!

Thank you so much for all the kind birthday wishes, everyone - I so appreciate them!

Birthday!

It is my birthday tomorrow (ripe old age of 26), and I am very excited. I still have a childlike enjoyment of birthdays and try to spin them out as long as possible. I'm planning to milk this one for at least two weeks more - you have been warned.

LOML took me out to Wimberley winery today to celebrate - we took a brief wine appreciation course and then tasted a selection of their wines. I particularly liked the Viogner, if you happen to come across it. We used to visit wineries a great deal in New Zealand, but this is our first visit to a Texan winery. And they had a paddock of longhorns, miniature donkeys and Shetland ponies, as well! Heaven.

Kittens!

Today we went on a tour of Austin breweries to celebrate our friend Gaurav's birthday (it's tomorrow - the day before mine!). I'll post photos of our adventures soon, but I just had to show you these two kittens that we found living at Jester King Craft Brewery. The highlight of my day.