Thank you! Both for your very kind words and good wishes. You put a big smile on my face.

There will be cake and hopefully some Champagne too since we will be on our way from San Francisco to Calistoga in Napa valley shortly. Surely there is wine to be had there. ;-) I'll enjoy my escape from Alkatraz (or Azkaban as my youngest keeps calling it) to the fullest today.

12 degrees can be very cold especially if it's a moist kind of cold. Let me know if you have a wool blanket emergency and need a shipment of something to keep you warm.