BIRTHDAY, QUESTIONS, FUNK, YEARNINGS, GERMAN

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, DARLING! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO'S BIRTHDAY IS ON JULY 29!

Hmmm....do people all over the world celebrate birthdays or are there hidden caches of peoples that have never even thought of so doing? Eskimos maybe?  

Your Fio is in a funk. More and more, she wants to have a dog--a big one that cuddles up to her at night. She's also in a funk about her current art project which involves melding two photographs into one painting. And, of course, she's still on the lookout for a nearby friend to weep and giggle with. Any takers?

She'd also like to get some new clothes and shoes, a bit of a facelift, and a few other touch ups, but everything depends on transportation....

 Somewhere along the way, Fiorella also hopes someone will have the time to teach her how to use her new Lively so she can rescue the pictures she has taken with it and turn the best ones into paintings for sale--if anyone in Austin is still interested in local art.

Fio will give you a poem tomorrow, she promises!

German for the day: schnell:  fast    (the "c" is silent)

                                 langsam:  slow ( the two "a"s are pronounced like "ah" )