This birthday was a fairly magnificent event, which made me feel extremely loved, and made me also feel certain that the insanity and amazingness of the MPI crew means that such a birth-stravaganza will never be matched in the remaining years of my life.

Well last week was my birthday, which was filled with lovely cake, thoughtful gifts and a rather large surprise. Trust me, you’ll be seeing more on that later. But for now, let’s go back a week, to Pau’s birthday, and one of the last moments of Autumn.