At one point I was under the dillusion that I would make my husband this beautiful white shirt for his birthday. But, as it t turns out shirts intimidate me. Instead, I went looking for a print for him, an eagle print since he likes eagles. What should have been an easy task wasn’t. There were so many nice prints. But, none of them spoke to me. None, that is until I came across the piece called Wings over Antitiem by John Neal Mullican.
This print was just right. It had the eagle Dan loves and it had to do with the Civil War. (For those of you who don’t know, he and I met reenacting years back.) The print itself just has that nice feel to it. It had to be the one for his birthday. So, I ordered it.
The print arrived on our anniversary. It was very tempting to give it to Dan then. But as it arrived just a little over an hour before we needed to leave for dinner all rolled up in a tube, it had to wait. But, the artist was kind enough to include a mini-print of another eagle print of his I was thinking about. The color in this American Bald Eagle is beautiful. I decided to slip that into Dan’s card which I gave him at dinner.
The artist also included a nice letter about the how the piece developed and some additional information. Looking at his other works, I think we will be looking to buy atleast a couple more pieces. All of his birds are just eye catching. His Barnyard Quartet reminds me of the babies each year in GCVM’s bird boxes.
Since Dan’s birthday landed in the middle of a work week where he was working hours when we wouldn’t be seeing each other, we celebrated his birthday on the weekend. His cake request was a chocolate cake with a strawberry-raspberry filling and Italian Sweet Cream frosting. For dinner, he asked for corned beef, cabbage and potatoes.
Now, we just have to decide on how to frame the print.
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