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Since I no longer get a live tree, I needed a bit of Christmas décor. I indulged in a book tree:
Book tree

but also decided to make good use of all my Christmas/winter pop-up books:
A pop-up Christmas!

(Note, too, the pop-up ornament sitting on the upper right-hand edge of the screen.)

I spent a good part of yesterday at the Art Institute. There was a reception and a lecture about the Thorne Rooms, followed by a viewing of the ones that are decorated for the holidays, in the company of the curator.

Then up to Fullerton Hall for a reading by Peter Sís and two local actors of his book, The Conference of the Birds, along with parts of the original of Farid al-Din Attar, accompanied by slides of his illustrations, which are gorgeous. I bought the book, of course. The paper is wonderful, heavy and textured; it makes you want to stroke it!

Date: 2011-12-16 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancyhorse.livejournal.com
Have you seen bookczuk's book tree? She "stole" the idea from someone on Facebook.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bookczuk/6495165929/in/photostream

Date: 2011-12-17 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mojosmom.livejournal.com
I did! I think I first saw these last year. There's a library in California with a humongous one! They seem to have become quite popular in the last few years.

Date: 2011-12-18 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greedyreader.livejournal.com
I love your tree!

Date: 2011-12-19 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] islandmomma.livejournal.com
Very cool! Quite a work of art in fact!

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