Happy birthday, Julia!
Happy birthday to julia_here . . . what's left of it! Once classes are out and time expands again, I'll come back and tell you more about all the reasons I enjoy her so much--her beautiful writing, which (with that given us by so many of the rest of you) has gotten me through tough days and bad nights, her wonderful nature pictures and fantastic descriptions of plants--but I also want to salute her as a fellow "woman of a certain age" out here staking her claim on LJ . . . she may not know it, but for all these reasons, she's one of the folks I think of as an adopted sister. Enjoy, Julia!