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knightmusic

All I wanted for Christmas...

Dec 31, 2006 18:27

I got.

I asked for one thing this year. Only one thing. And I got it. Take a look!

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knotted_rose January 1 2007, 00:54:28 UTC

That's so cool! I'm glad you got it, and then shared it with the rest of us.

(PS. Would you like an icon made of the scan? It would be pretty easy to do. . .)

knightmusic January 1 2007, 16:13:36 UTC

I would love one! Thanks!

And sorry we missed you while you were in MN!

knotted_rose January 1 2007, 17:58:59 UTC

I was actually pretty unsocial while I was in Mpls -- I thought about calling a couple of people, but I didn't end up calling anyone.

Here are my humble attempts at making an icon for you. Let me know if there's something else you'd like for me to try instead. The third one is the picture itself, with no attempt at enhancing the colors or sharpening it or anything.

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knightmusic January 1 2007, 18:13:52 UTC

Those are beautiful, thank you!

It's probably just as well that you didn't call. I was busier than hell the whole time. Still, hope I get a chance to see you again sometime in the near future!

snufflesdbear January 1 2007, 01:10:36 UTC

OMG! I think I have SEEN that postcard! IIRC, one of the Amish fellas I drive for has it posted in his office. We had a lively discussion about where it came from - do you know what area is represented in the picture? What state? I always thought it looked so...Universal, it could be anywhere. He says Indiana, 'cause the horses are smaller :-))

knightmusic January 1 2007, 03:06:12 UTC

I know EXACTLY where it was taken. That was on my grandparents' farm (in fact, I was walking around in that field on Christmas day), which is in Sandstone, Minnesota. And those are the Belgians, which are draft horses, but yes, they are smaller draft horses.

knightmusic January 1 2007, 03:09:06 UTC

Actually, my dad corrects me. My grandfather trained horses, so that's probably a team of yearlings.

snufflesdbear January 1 2007, 01:11:35 UTC

OH! D'UH! *gibb's smacks self* Thanks for sharing it! I can just imagine how vivid and lovely it is in RL.

elmyraemilie January 1 2007, 05:34:32 UTC

That's lovely! Art is one of the best presents, and the personal meaning of this makes it doubly wonderful.

knightmusic January 1 2007, 16:17:05 UTC

I've loved that painting for a long, long time. Last year, my grandmother gave my mother and my aunt prints of it, and I was SOOO jealous!

I was thirteen when my grandfather died, and what I remember the most about him was the sleigh rides and that horse talk was one of our main points of bonding.