Happy Birthday to me

As a present to myself I upgraded my cafepress store to Premium, which means no more rotating designs and since I'm can't bring myself to part with the actual paintings, I can now sell them as prints. Plus the prints go for a lot less than the original painting would.
On another note I'm going to have to keep my camera ready at the window at all times. There are a pair of cardinals that are living in my backyard and I would love to do a painting or two of them for this year's holiday season cards, but those two always seem to know when I have the camera. When I forget about is and leave it in the house, they both tend to fly over and spend a great deal of time on the nearby trees. When I remember to have the camera with me, they make themselves scarce. I'm beginning to think they're doing this on purpose.