Dear Readers;
We have been so lucky with the weather...Andrew and Meaghan wanted to have their ceremony by the lake and it happened with a nice breeze blowing in from Lake Ontario.
Yes its a bit early for spirea - usually we can count on them to bloom on the June 1st weekend but with the winter we had everything is a bit early...but don't worry Amy we still expect them to be in bloom this Saturday.
Andrew and Meaghan had their young cousins (not sure which side) singing for the ceremony - and their performance seemed to be well received by everyone in attendance. It is most assuredly a time to celebrate family and close friends. Meaghan's Maid of Honour in fact was in change of all of the flowers for the event and it was clearly a huge effort as she and her partner spent many, many hours onsite perfecting their work on the trellis and in the barn itself.
Flowers were set on the tables (which had been set for a cocktail style event)
With orange as a prominent colour the signature cocktails, we are asked to put together by the wedding couple, fit in well. Mulled mint leaves, blackberries and orange slices were mixed with Kentucky bourbon, lemonade and ginger ale. Dinner was provided by East and Main and as cocktail style event they proferred a wide range of foods from BBq'ed items through to speciality items with a local touch. The cupcakes came in from an undisclosed source (as in not referenced in our notes) but were quite lovely. They also must have been very tasty because there were very few left for us to pack up at the end of the night.
Always a pleasure, Andrew and Meaghan chose to have a band perform. Big Black Smoke played British Invasion music and had everyone dancing with a combination of live and recorded music until the lights came on at 1 AM.
and just in case you wanted to know how we looked from the stage...
Oops but I forgot a detail or two I wanted to mention. 6 little spruce trees were nicely lit up with lights - they definitely fit in well in the all wood (as in other trees) building. There was also a lovely sign-in table backed up with many photos of the Andrew and Meaghan over the years...and yes that is a bug spray can sitting there to the left...I don't think they were used particularly.
and there was a very popular candy table which, at the end of the evening, Meaghan drew names to see who would be taking which jar home...curiously though one name kept coming up...Polish...someone or other...did I mention that there were a number of very funny speeches? The Best Man's was very good...although he said he had been constrained by disclosure agreements with the groom.
So we have been lucky...three weddings and the weather has been grand for each of them...perhaps that is the way the season is going to go - we can only hope so. Meaghan and Andrew, it was our pleasure - thank you and best wishes,
Sincerely Tara, Jon, Monica, Montana, David, Lynne and me