Okay. I'm back from a birthday breakfast and I've modified the party pictures. You'll notice that each picture has a number from 1 to 70. That should make it easier to talk to one another -- so if the person behind picture #6 has something to say to picture #42, you can identify as such in the comments and we'll all know who's talking to whom. I'm the birthday girl, lucky # 33, wearing two feather boas and drinking some wine. And I've already had whispers from some partygoers about other partygoers. Someone thinks you're cute, is what I'm saying.
Is there anything else I can do as a hostess to make you comfortable? Thanks so much for coming to the party. It feels great to have such an interesting group of companions sharing my life.
happy birthday!
Posted by: girltuesday | December 21, 2005 at 09:54 AM
Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day!
Posted by: turboglacier | December 21, 2005 at 10:04 AM
P.S. #2, I recognize the hallowed logo of the Ledyard Canoe Club on your boat! Are you on Titcomb Island?
Cheers, #42 (ex-Ledyardite)
Posted by: turboglacier | December 21, 2005 at 10:07 AM
#5, what are the child and the dog looking at in this charming picture?
- #33.
Posted by: Scheherazade | December 21, 2005 at 10:54 AM
Good eyes, #42! Yes, it's a Ledyard canoe, but the photo's from a little north of Hanover, at the memorial for Patchen Miller.
That's a very large beer you've packed into your campsite... :-)
Happy solstice (and happy birthday Sherry!)
--#2
Posted by: Hannah | December 21, 2005 at 11:57 AM
Have a fabulous birthday, Sherry - will be raising a virtual glass in virtual toast to you today!
Posted by: mad | December 21, 2005 at 12:48 PM
#32 and #39 are H-O-T hot!
Posted by: The Happy Feminist's Collie | December 21, 2005 at 01:18 PM
Hm, do I have something to say to #42? Other than that he's clearly not drinking a frozen Diet Coke, and that he has interesting ideas about his change jar, which might bear further discussion?
Posted by: #6 | December 21, 2005 at 01:57 PM
I don't care how hot #s 32 and 39 are. They, and the collie, should stop chasing me around the keg. It's not very sociable.
Now, would you please pass the peanuts.
#3
Posted by: Chipmunk | December 21, 2005 at 02:05 PM
Hey there *14, was your picture taken in PEI by any chance?
Posted by: *31 | December 21, 2005 at 03:34 PM
Hey there *14, was your picture taken in PEI by any chance?
*31
Posted by: *31 | December 21, 2005 at 03:36 PM
But I LIKE chasing small woodland creatures!
Posted by: #39 | December 21, 2005 at 03:54 PM
We know you like the small woodland creatures #39, but that doesn't mean we let you get away with it. No treats for you tonight!
Posted by: #53 | December 21, 2005 at 03:56 PM
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: #62 | December 21, 2005 at 04:16 PM
So sorry I didn't RSVP my regrets, Sherry! I've been swamped with finals and haven't been able to get a photo together. But your party looks swell & I appreciated the invite. Maybe I'll buy myself a digital camera for Christmas & will be able to make it next year...
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: mj | December 21, 2005 at 04:53 PM
I'll take the spot right between 44 and 45...yummy.
Posted by: energy spatula | December 21, 2005 at 06:09 PM
And, oh yeah, Happy Birthday! See what happens when I get preoccupied with the cute boys? :)
Posted by: energy spatula | December 21, 2005 at 06:10 PM
Ms. #33, Happy birthday! Wishing you all the best in the new year!
#70, where was that photo taken? I have my own tale of crampon woe from Mt. Washington, N.H. early this year.
Posted by: #27 | December 21, 2005 at 08:06 PM
Oh for crying out loud, Sherry. We all make the effort to come celebrate your birthday and you show up out-of-focus!
Posted by: #45 | December 21, 2005 at 11:56 PM
#39, you are why my rabbit didn't come to this party. Well, that and she'd rather chew my mother's kitchen mats.
Posted by: PG | December 22, 2005 at 12:02 AM
PG-
Sorry... Woof?
#32-
WOOF WOOF WOOF!
Posted by: #39 | December 22, 2005 at 08:18 AM
Hey 27.
Katahdin. We lucked out. It was an unbelievably clear day to summit, all things considered not too cold. But man! It was windy!
Excellent good-gear-gone-wrong story, 27. Where was your picture taken? Oregon?
70
Posted by: girltuesday | December 22, 2005 at 08:38 AM
#39 -
I'm a greyhound so I don't bark. (Of course, I don't type either, but we're suspending disbelief here).
Catch me if you can!
Posted by: #32 | December 22, 2005 at 09:59 AM
I wish #32 and #39 would stop flirting with each other. What am I, chopped chipmunk?
Posted by: The Happy Feminist's Collie (#46) | December 22, 2005 at 10:41 AM
Hrm. I've never herded a Greyhound before. Beagles, Labs, small woodland creatures, yes, but never a greyhound.
I'm a five year old Samoyed boy. For those of you allergic to dogs, I'm dander free and hypoallergenic (although I do shed LOTS, especially in the spring), so I'll take all the attention you can give me! I belong to the couple in #53 who rescued me last February.
Interests include chasing small woodland creatures, napping, herding other dogs at the dog park, napping, eating, napping, gnawing on rawhide, napping, relocating my owners' clothing, napping, going on walks, napping, sniffing things, napping, and digging up plants my owners' have planted (see the soil on my muzzle and my guilty look?).
Dislikes include fur brushing, baths, hot weather, being left out or ignored, and the veterinarian. I'm due for a rabies booster next week, and I'm not looking forward to it.
I'm very friendly to both humans and dogs, and generally well behaved, but tend not to get along with Golden Retrievers - especially the boys. They just smell funny to me.
What about everyone else?
Posted by: 39 | December 22, 2005 at 10:51 AM