**Prompt:**

At the top of the illustration image, *“Happy Birthday, Uncle Iain—You’re Reeling in Relics & Catching the Past!”*

Surreal birthday-themed illustration featuring a whimsical, white-haired man with a long flowing beard who sits cross-legged on a floating armchair, calmly fishing in a winding, sky-blue river that snakes through a dreamlike archaeological dig site. The river flows over layers of transparent earth, where ancient fossils, pottery shards, and dinosaur bones float by like fish. The fishing rod's line disappears into the strata and hooks bizarre, anachronistic artifacts like a Roman helmet fused with a modern-day teacup, and a clay tablet glowing with neon hieroglyphs. Trees grow upside down from the clouds above, and golden birthday candles sprout like wildflowers from the soil around him. A small trowel floats next to the fishing rod as a backup “lure.” Everything shimmers slightly as though under water or in a daydream. A celebratory vibe is woven into the image through surreal details: balloons made of ancient globes drift past, and confetti appears as falling leaves shaped like mini trilobites.

Generated with these themes: White haired man with a beard Fishing river archaeology.

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