| Brighton Kite Festival
Sunday 9th July 2000 |
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| The Plot | 
The Pictures
| The Conspirators |
| Ellen's newsgroup posting had me intrigued, so I took a look at her website, and was instantly struck by the artistry of Shannon's replica of a beautiful Peter Betancourt kite | 
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| Next I "borrowed" a graphic from Joel Scholz website, copied it 3 times, and put in those famous words, slightly edited to read "...the wind beneath OUR wings" which seemed more apt.
I emailed this to Shannon & Bonnie and sat back to await results. | 
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| Then a week or two later, this arrived by email
SURPRISE! Wow - fast work Shannon and Bonnie! (he did the kites - she did the embroidery) Pretty impressive, eh? | 
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| And then they put it all in a 3D picture frame
They shipped it to Tom Macalister in Berkeley I paid him a visit with an empty carrying case And home again (smiling like the cat that got the cream) | 
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| We worried that Ray might try to lose such an embarrassing object, so we stuck this discreet little brass plate (4" by 2") on his little black briefcase | 
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| The finished article
Ray, we hope you like it well enough to hang it somewhere in your home - preferably somewhere that you can sit and ponder on it while communing with nature... A very big thankyou to everyone who donated a cloth patch, that just finished it off perfectly. And when you take out the picture to hang it on the wall, you can still use the case for your lines, tails & handles! | 
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| We had a tissue ready, in case Ray started blubbing... | 
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| But he just grabbed as many of us as he could...
and smiled, and smiled, and smiled... and passed around the beer, the cider and the whiskey... | 
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A little while later, this marvellous photo landed in my Inbox, simply named as "My Den"
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