Happy Birthday, Miss Potter

July 6 marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter, born in London, England, in 1866. Her first and most famous story, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," was published in 1900. Thirteen years later, after creating a grand menagerie of characters, she married, gave up writing, and spent the rest of her life--she lived until 1943--raising Herdwick sheep.

Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and all the rest are gathering for Ms. Potter's birthday party, and Peter Rabbit is baking a carrot cake.