Woke up this morning somewhat earlier than I wanted to.   I got a nice hot cup of coffee, and even splurged on some cream and sugar in it this morning. Normally I'd be a bit put off by having to wake up so early, especially on my birthday, with no kids in the house and a perfect opportunity to sleep in.  However there is a beautiful thick fog that is blanketing the tree line of the forest across the field from our house, and it was truly a magnificent sight this morning.  One of those short vignettes in life that is not to be missed by sleeping away the beauty of a crisp autumn morning in your bed. :)

I got caught up on everything work related yesterday. All my projects are in good places right now, so I'm taking the day off today to play around, relax, spend time with the family and generally lay about. I may even pick up my sketchbook and play around in it with no real purpose today.  Not sure that I feel any older than the year before on my birthday, or that any of us do for that matter. However, I DO feel wiser and more content with my lot in life than I was a year ago :D And that's the REAL secret of getting older isn't it? ;)