Heinz 50/7

Girls (that's Miranda in the ketchup-red sleeping bag with her stuffy puppy, "Goldie") "settling down" for the night at Ainslie's 7th birthday puppy-themed sleepover party extravaganza.

Steve (shown here taking a picture of himself by mistake) was feted at 50 (or fetid at 50?) the next morning at a scrumptious brunch hosted by Penny and James; Debbie and Harry made a fabulous cake that got a bit mangled in transit, the inscription thus reading "HAPPY BIRTHDAY...EVE"--maybe time to lose the face fuzz--I remember when our old dog Tycho started looking like this, we began calling him "Monsieur Grisbarbe" (though even then he was still learning new tricks...)