{"id":925,"date":"2009-02-23T23:24:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T04:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=925"},"modified":"2009-02-23T23:24:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T04:24:48","slug":"i-really-should-say-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/02\/23\/i-really-should-say-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I really should say thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/3302343794\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Views of the wonderful book that WeatherGrrrl made for me for Xmas\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3327\/3302343794_6d2dfbf24f.jpg?w=450\" title=\"A generous gift\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Views of the wonderful book that WeatherGrrrl made for me for Xmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got a lot of very cool gifts at Xmas, but a clear stand out is the above, a wonderful, hand made art book created by <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/WeatherGirl\/\">my lovely wife<\/a> just for me!<\/p>\n<p>The text is a set of Fibonacci poems written by our good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/277281687\/\">Athena Kildegaard<\/a>.  The cover paper (which you can&#8217;t really see here) is a really cool paper made from bark that another friend (Peter Whelan) got years ago in Bali (or someplace close).<\/p>\n<p>I took a bunch of photos of it at Xmas, and then some more here, in part because it&#8217;s really cool and makes neat photographs, and in part because she needed a collage like this to submit to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morris.umn.edu\/academic\/art\/\">Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a really wonderful book, and a really wonderful gift!  Love you dear!<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/art\/\" title=\"Art\">Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/art-book\/\" title=\"art book\">art book<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/athena-kildegaard\/\" title=\"Athena Kildegaard\">Athena Kildegaard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/books\/\" title=\"Books\">Books<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/gift\/\" title=\"gift\">gift<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photos\/\" title=\"photos\">photos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/poetry\/\" title=\"poetry\">poetry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/weathergirl\/\" title=\"WeatherGirl\">WeatherGirl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/weathergrrrl\/\" title=\"WeatherGrrrl\">WeatherGrrrl<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/06\/23\/such-a-gift-24-years-with-weathergrrrl\/\" title=\"Such a gift: 24 years with WeatherGrrrl (23 Jun 13)\">Such a gift: 24 years with WeatherGrrrl<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2011\/02\/22\/more-cool-art-from-weathergrrrl\/\" title=\"More cool art from WeatherGrrrl (22 Feb 11)\">More cool art from WeatherGrrrl<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a lot of very cool gifts at Xmas, but a clear stand out is the above, a wonderful, hand made art book created by my lovely wife just for me! The text is a set of Fibonacci poems written by our good friend Athena Kildegaard. The cover paper (which you can&#8217;t really see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/02\/23\/i-really-should-say-thank-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I really should say thank you&#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":[21,11,25,20],"tags":[870,402,404,862,405,403,124,290,401],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-eV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":323,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/03\/11\/big-congratulations-on-the-ega-national-exhibit\/","url_meta":{"origin":925,"position":0},"title":"Big congratulations on the EGA Nat&#8217;l Exhibit","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"11 Mar 06","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned earlier, this is the last weekend for the EGA National Exhibit's sojourn here in Morris, Minnesota. 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