{"id":346,"date":"2006-06-05T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T20:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=346"},"modified":"2006-06-05T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T20:30:54","slug":"congratulations-to-alex-and-larissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/06\/05\/congratulations-to-alex-and-larissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Alex and Larissa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/160631848\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/49\/160631848_e347d4bbcf.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"The happy couple\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday was the wedding party for Alex and Larissa (cutting the cake above).  The party was at Larissa&#8217;s family&#8217;s place, which was gorgeous, and it was a splendid affair blessed by excellent weather, fine food, and wonderful company.  One of the many things I really loved about it was <em>fun<\/em>, in significant part because it was extremely informal.  (I&#8217;m just not a formal kinda guy.)  So one could hike around the pond (pictures from that later), sit under a tree and listen to the band, find a little peace and shade on one of the many porches, or go play ultimate frisbee (which happened more than a few times).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/160634480\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/48\/160634480_594fb0f3c2.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"In the cool shade\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/160639013\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/51\/160639013_60024ede74.jpg?resize=400%2C253\" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" alt=\"Got it!\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took a <em>bucket<\/em> of photos and still haven&#8217;t had time to go through them all, but I have dealt with the best of the &#8220;people&#8221; pictures (of which there were predictably few &#8211; I&#8217;m much more likely to take pictures of a small rock than of human beings &#8211; sigh).  I also spent <em>way<\/em> too long goofing around with a picture of the side of a barn, so I&#8217;ll subject you to that while I&#8217;m here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/159790847\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/66\/159790847_6c7e7a7270.jpg?resize=394%2C400\" width=\"394\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Broad side of a barn (triptych)\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll continue to add photos to <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/sets\/72157594155967121\/\">my &#8220;Alex and Larissa&#8217;s wedding party&#8221; set on Flickr<\/a> as I work through them.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was the wedding party for Alex and Larissa (cutting the cake above). The party was at Larissa&#8217;s family&#8217;s place, which was gorgeous, and it was a splendid affair blessed by excellent weather, fine food, and wonderful company. One of the many things I really loved about it was fun, in significant part because it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/06\/05\/congratulations-to-alex-and-larissa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Congratulations to Alex and Larissa!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":586,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/17\/but-what-about-moon-unit\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":0},"title":"But what about &#8220;Moon Unit&#8221;?","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"17 Jun 07","format":false,"excerpt":"WeatherGirl tipped me to an Observer article entitled \"Names really do make a difference\", and I keep wavering between \"Oh, surely not!\" and \"Well, duh, that was pretty obvious\". 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OK,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/science\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1213,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/02\/20\/thomas-is-heading-to-the-minnesota-state-finals-for-poetry-out-loud\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":2},"title":"Thomas is heading to the Minnesota state finals for Poetry Out Loud!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Feb 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Thomas McPhee placed first at the 2010 Poetry Out Loud Lake Regional in Fergus Falls, and will go on to the state finals in the Fitzgerald Theater on Monday, 8 March 2010. 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Their defense is apparently because it was important for their employees to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":939,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/03\/06\/twin-cities-folks-poetry-out-loud-state-finals-on-monday\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":4},"title":"Twin Cities folks: Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"6 Mar 09","format":false,"excerpt":"In a bit of shameless promotion for our remarkable offspring, I'm putting in a plug for the Minnesota state finals of the national Poetry Out Loud competition. The finals will be Monday, 9 March, at 9:30am in St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater, and are free and open to the public. 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