Father's Day

In the spirit of Fathers Day, here's a photo of my two sons - Clay, 19, on the left and Avery, 15, on the right - along with my dear mother Mary Nell taken at Unity Chapel last weekend.

And, a picture of my new father-in-law Jim Johnson walking his daughter Vickie down the aisle. Notice the sun beaming in the windows beyond. Amidst all the Midwestern rain of the past two weeks, the skies opened up for a brief moment to back-light a beautiful bride. The sun shone bright throughout the wedding ceremony, birds chirping. Thunderous showers resumed immediately afterwards.

Happy Father's Day.



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Wedding Bells

Last Saturday, I married Dr. Professor Frau Victoria Johnson in Unity Chapel near Spring Green, Wisconsin. 'Twas a simple, elegant affair and went off without a hitch - no dramatic objections, nobody fainted, both said "I will" - even in the midst of surrounding stormy weather. In fact, the sun came out, gloriously, as the wedding began and light beamed in the windows for the entire ceremony. Magical!

Unity Chapel is the Lloyd Jones family chapel (FLlW's mother's family) built in 1886. Frank Lloyd Wright was a teenager at the time, and though he proposed to his Uncle Jenk - the family's famous Unitarian Minister - that he be the architect, the chapel was ultimately designed by J. L. Silsbee, a Chicago architect, and Frank Lloyd Wright was his "man on the ground." Wright later went on to work for Silsbee at the age of 19 (for a year) before moving on to become Louis Sullivan's draftsman.

More wedding photos to come...

Post Script: Can anyone identify the significance of the left side of the chapel photograph?