Friendship Preserves

Every pony has dropped by with a fresh jar of strawberry jam. All the jars are different shapes and all the jams are different colors. They're all so pretty I decided to put them on display. I pulled out Pinkie's chocolate strawberry swirl jam from where I'd stashed it, deep in a cupboard and tried to decide where to put them. A shelf in the kitchen makes sense, but they'd probably get eaten before summer was out. I could put them in my bedroom, but then my friends wouldn't see them. The Treecastle is huge, so there's lots of space but I don't want to put them in some spot where nopony goes. Not my library. On the dining room table? They'll get eaten. Not the throne room either. There's the sitting room, with the couch. That's kind of cozy. That will be perfect.

I'd just chilled a fresh pot of iced mint tea when Rainbow Dash dropped in (via the balcony) with her jar of cloudberry and strawberry jam (in a lovely Cloudsdale jar). We got to talking about Daring Do's latest exploits, such as finding the Eternal Flower and notably, the previously invisible cloud city of Cirrostrata. It should be somewhere near the town of Alto Terre, but I have not heard any news of long eared pegasi in Equestria. Neither has Rainbow Dash. Maybe these elusive ponies have found another way to remain hidden.

My seven jars of jam have pride of place on a well lit shelf in my sitting room, nicely ranked by size. I was going to go for hue, or perhaps from light to dark. I considered making a pyramid with Rarity's tiny jar on top. It's cute -- she tied a cloth cap to the lid with a shimmering red ribbon. The pyramid would have been interesting but precarious. The row approach is best.

All my best friends, in jam form. Spike's jam sparkles as I walk by. I might never eat these.