Random birthday entry

Today is my birthday so I thought I would indulge myself and post a few photos that I took last month but for some reason or another didn't include in a previous post.
No we don't paint our cats, Sophocles likes to sit in the red glow of a stained glass window.
I think I actually posted this photo, these guys were pretty friendly once they warmed up to me.
Im 53 today, feelin a bit like the faded signs on the wall.

I also came across this meme at Hasty Brooks great blog and while I usually don't play writing memes about yours truly I thought what the hell its my b-day and Ill play if I want to. Feel free to play as well.
Things Ive done ( are in (Red bold).
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (does charging the neighbood kids a nickel to watch us lip synch to the Dave Clark Five in a friends garage when I was 8 count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain (actually hiked up many a mountain)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang/played a solo (around campfires with a guitar and not too well)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (and on the high plains)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (I used to hitch hike to the beach as a kid)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (I hope no one from work reads this...)
24. Built a snow fort (with my 2 daughters)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (wasnt college fun?)
27. Run a Marathon (I guess a two mile fun run doesn't count)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (both solar and lunar)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (stickball in Brooklyn as a kid)
32. Been on a cruise ( does the Staten Island Ferry count?)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Ireland; the house my great grandmother was born in 1867, I would go back in a heartbeat)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing ( Ive scrambled around a few rock faces)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (woops)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (didnt like it)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (I grew up In NYC)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car ( just one so far, Ive had several used cars)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (hey I had 12 great years of the good Sisters of Mercy and Marist Brothers if we missed a page or two I doubt it)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (famous is a relative term, for instance my Uncle Johnny is famous for his spaghetti and meatballs but otherwise yes I have.)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Made a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone ( I really do not own one)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Gotten a speeding ticket

Looks like I need to get busy to bold a few more..