{"id":2184,"date":"2019-04-05T13:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:12","slug":"a-birthday-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2019\/04\/05\/a-birthday-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"A birthday surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04-IMG_9515-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04-IMG_9515-1024x918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"564\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spike and Ralph in black and white.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since it was Spike&#8217;s birthday and I know he loves opossums, I called in all my favors at the zoo to arrange a visit from Ralph the Opossum. The zoo does not do this kind of thing for anyone and I am eternally grateful they made a one-time exception to make my friend smile. I hope you had a good one, Spike.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2185\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/01-IMG_9462-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/01-IMG_9462-1024x930.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"571\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spike and Ralph.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2186\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-IMG_9493-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2186\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-IMG_9493-1024x941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralph meets his stuffed counterpart.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2187\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03-IMG_9511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03-IMG_9511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"815\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How can you not like a guy like this? Spike looks cool, too.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2191\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/05-IMG_9537-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/05-IMG_9537-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralph trying to figure out what this thing is that looks like him.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2189\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/06-IMG_9572-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/06-IMG_9572-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spike and Ralph take a selfie together.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2190\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-IMG_9671-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2190\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/07-IMG_9671-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"699\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spike shows off the painting that Ralph the opossum made for him.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it was Spike&#8217;s birthday and I know he loves opossums, I called in all my favors at the zoo to arrange a visit from Ralph the Opossum. The zoo does not do this kind of thing for anyone and I am eternally grateful they made a one-time exception to make my friend smile. 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