Happy Birthday, Izzy!

Bday greetings to a special New Year's baby. He's gotten several calls from family and even dear friends from Tx (who are dipping their toes in the Tiber!) Izzy's M-i-L dropped by with an autographed book from Dad's library. Not bad for a day only 1/2 over, with three more presents to unwrap.

To his peril, though, and disregarding a perfectly good southern tradition, I don't think Izzy will be having any collard greens today. He might seek good luck via Polish Sausage and sauerkraut, as this will apparently also prevent bird flu ;-)

Happy Bday again, dearest.