It was the official celebration of Jane's 22nd birthday which had occurred a few days earlier, so she and George and Kathryn came
and were illuminated
as were Ben and Suzanne
when the meat emerged
and was sliced
to go with the salad
and the macaroni and cheese
and peas
and bread
nicely colored by flowers
and this special soup for the vegetarian
before people assembled in the kitchen
and there were berries
and ice cream
though as always at such celebrations, the main event was the cake
where to the delight of her friends
Jane extinguished the candles.
The next day, the second giraffe arrived to help in the creation of our indoor zoo.
And a week later, my staff assembled
for a collection of team photos though we still need to add Joan to have the full force.