4. August 2011 15:48
Dear Readers;
We love to do local weddings because we do so few of them...and because it feels like such an honour to be entrusted with the responsiblities we take on while bearing in mind that we will see many of these people time and again after the event.
It was a lovely hot summer day as we set up for the wedding ceremony in a way we had never done it before.
There it is - we set up behind the barn - and here is how it looked from Kassandra and David's perspective
The theme for the wedding was winter in July - and with temperatures soaring it was a good idea to think a bit about snow...
Floral decorations including some very tall vases. Although they looked lovely - quite dramatic actually, because we often have breezes sweep through our open doors we were concerned that one or more of them might blow over. Later in the evening one did fall over and break but fortunately, it only caused a bit of red wine to spill.
We have had tall vases before - and some have fallen over - but this sort of display really needs a very heavy and secure base to work without incident. The tables were set with a great deal of detail - charger plates and two overlays were part of the overal effect as can be seen in this shot - note as well that we only set one wine glass out versus two as guests were expected to go to our wine bar where we filled new glasses with either Sandbanks Baco Noir, Rose or Shoreline wines.
So another lovely wedding has come and gone - the bride and groom headed off to the Carribean where I think it may have been cooler than it was in Prince Edward County that day. We remain thankful to the original builders of our barn (in the 1860's) when they chose to situate the barn just so breezes would find there way inside offering relief on days like this one was. Our best wishes to David and Kassandra - cheers from John,Tara, Bethany, Lynne, Kailey, Mekenzie, Ron...and me.