a most magical day

a most magical day

Greetings dear friends readersOn Saturday my eldest son Aaron got married in my garden - we had a most magical dayThe weather gods smiled upon us (though a huge thunderstorm went through the night before taking down 2 large tree branches)

Sarah is a minimalist girl didn't want any fussiness - though I "sneaked" in an antique chair with a basket of dried rose petals for tossing
It was a beautiful day enjoyed by all ... I have no proper photos yet apart from a few snaps the Mr took for me ...


She put her posy together from flowers out of my garden which was special for us both
Sarah is one of 5 beautiful girls - imagine that . . . 5 daughters??!!(Sarah is 2nd to eldest - I think this photo is eldest to youngest on the left)
They both chose to have no attendants - Sarahs Mum myself were the witnessesme my two boys . . . one having a wee nap !!!!

I dont know about you folk, but I just HATE photos of myself !!!
me my little tiny Mum . . .

I Love the sign just behind my back end !!!!!
Now, because I always want my blog to be an honest place , lets face it, I dont live in a world where everything is all sunshine roses - I live in the realworld, let me just say this.
The weeks prior to the wedding were not ones I would want to repeat in a hurry. The work load felt huge, often overwhelming, coupled with the fact that November is my busy season for groups.
The cleaning, weeding preparation seemed endless energy levels were low
I wanted everything to be Oh So Perfect for everyone.

To tell the truth, most of the time, I just wanted to be in a cave, on Mars, with my eyes shut tight my hands over my ears !!!!!So when they both arrived for the wedding, I went around the front to greet them walk up with my son ... I saw in front of me, an actualbride groom, it suddenly struck me, they areactuallygetting married ... I promptly burst into tears !!!!!
I thought they both made sucha lovely couple, but yes, I am indeed biased :-)

Sarah is a very lovely girl will be a wonderful daughter in law
The day just flowed so well everyone seemed content to sit (in the shade mostly) relax enjoy themselves. We laughed lots ...
It was honestly a truely magical day :-)Oh, I must share with you my new wedding shoes ... made in Spain ... so comfortable to wear my favourite colour too
The following day I had a group coming. Wendy from charlotte's webbought her very lovely church ladies out to the garden. Wendy was surprised I would want to host a group the day after the wedding. I confessed to her that I felt it should all still (hopefully) be tidy so it was perfect timing.

Oh it was so nice to just sit for awhile :-)

We had a lovely afternoon tea in the shade with china teacups - the ladies were in no hurry to rush off which is always the greatest compliment.
Wendy presented me with this delightful gift as a "thank you"
Today, it is back to reality on with some christmas orders

A large order for angel golly teatowels matching oven mitts
There are gaps to fill in the Cottage plus I still have 4 more groups before they finish for the year.Thanks so much for stopping by letting me share our special day with you all.I hope the coming week brings you only good things

The soldier poppies in my garden always remind me of my Dad
Much love/hugs/friendship,Julie x0x0x