Monday, May 17, 2010

Birthday Madness!

No, not mine.

T. & I met on a photo-sharing website several years ago, commenting on each others' photos. But circumstances have meant that she can't really travel from her home in Ohio, and I'm never in the area, except when I'm in Kalamazoo, and then I have to turn around and head home to finish the semester. But this spring, Kalamazoo and sabbatical have meant that I had the opportunity to finally meet her, and she was nice enough to let me stay. So, that's two lovely and gracious midwestern friends hostessing me in one trip, which has been fantastic.

And by coincidence, it's T's birthday. So we celebrated by going out to breakfast, then getting all amped up on coffee -- a LOT of coffee...


...and taking our cameras out for a spin. We managed to get into two abandoned buildings...


...and then we feasted on cheese and olives...


...after which, I supervised while she and her son made a birthday cake, which we will be feasting on later tonight.


Happy Birthday, T!

5 comments:

Comrade PhysioProf said...

Hey, she flipped me off!!! lolz

Looks like a nice piece of manchego!

trishag said...

Yay! LOVE. You, the photos,the days.

Notorious Ph.D. said...

@ CPP-- actually, it's an Iberico, but darned close!

@ Trisha -- awww... It was great to finally meet you!

Susan said...

cheese and olives look scrumptious!

Comrade PhysioProf said...

I was pretty close! I love Iberico, because it tastes a little smokier/earthier than manchego. mmmmm cheeeeeez