All right, all right, if it's Aurora you want, it's Aurora you'll get.

So maybe it's true that I didn't end up with any pictures of Aurora at the party, but that doesn't have to mean there aren't any on the blog. Here she is at our house, with a kitten from the barn that she's thinking about adopting.

More Aurora, with the kitten, and with Laura and a bear in the background.  

Here's dessert, made by Aurora the other night--chocolate mousse from her grandmother's recipe. We liked the strawberry starfish decorations. And the mousse! 

Party at the Home of the Amherst Murphies!

There's lots to celebrate.

First a solo serenade . . . 

. . . and then a duet 

Dancing into semi-retirement, while Beecher plays the tunes 

She doesn't look 85 to me! 

They're dancin' fools.

Dancing in the kitchen