Zoya's Birthday

In honor of Zoya's turning 32 I thought I'd throw in a little blast from birthdays past. This is a photo from Zoya's 28th birthday party at Mary Jane's house. Lots of wine that year and things got a little goofy with everyone trying on the goofy white sunglasses. Later on we clipped the little medallions that fit onto the wine glass stems (and mark whose glass is whose - see bottom of glass stem to Zoya's left in photo) onto our noses and ears as part of an informal body modification contest. They made great nose rings. A good time was had by all.

Generally on Zoya's birthday our traditional outing is to drive out the roadsystem with the spotting scope and look at all the new spring migrants. Zoya's birthday falls at the peak of the annual bird migration back north, and many of these birds pass through Kodiak. Some of those birds have pretty amazing colors when viewed up close through the spotting scope. I see it as very apropos that Zoya's birthday marks the return of life to the north country after the hard winter. Patrick