2023 52 Card Project: Week 31: Wedding
Aug. 4th, 2023 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrMy nephew got married this past weekend, and it was a splendid weekend-long celebration. They celebrated with a picnic in a park Friday evening, a simple ceremony on Saturday at a park, Gale Wood Farms (a working farm, which allowed the guests to wander down the hill and commune with the sheep), and my sister hosted a lovely brunch on Sunday, at her home in Mound on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. The weather was perfect.
One aspect of the wedding that impressed me was that both the groom and bride are real introverts (one reason that I didn't show their heads in this collage; they don't like their pictures on social media). They chose, for example, not to say their vows in public; instead, they gave each other letters privately. They had no attendants except for a flower girl and chose to eat dinner at a sweetheart table, just the two of them, which gave them a chance to privately take a breather. The catering was vegetarian (and delicious). It was a lovely example of a couple giving careful thought to how to tailor a wedding that reflected them personally.
Image description: Lower center: four musicians (guitar, bassist, mandolin, guitar) [the mandolin player is one of the brothers of the groom]. Behind the musicians are an array of folding chairs. Center left and right: vases on small tables with chrysanthemums. Center; donut tower in a brunch. Center right: a quilt (a wedding gift from the groom's grandmother). Upper left: bride holding bouquet. Upper right: groom (Bride and groom's heads are cropped out).
Wedding
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One aspect of the wedding that impressed me was that both the groom and bride are real introverts (one reason that I didn't show their heads in this collage; they don't like their pictures on social media). They chose, for example, not to say their vows in public; instead, they gave each other letters privately. They had no attendants except for a flower girl and chose to eat dinner at a sweetheart table, just the two of them, which gave them a chance to privately take a breather. The catering was vegetarian (and delicious). It was a lovely example of a couple giving careful thought to how to tailor a wedding that reflected them personally.
Image description: Lower center: four musicians (guitar, bassist, mandolin, guitar) [the mandolin player is one of the brothers of the groom]. Behind the musicians are an array of folding chairs. Center left and right: vases on small tables with chrysanthemums. Center; donut tower in a brunch. Center right: a quilt (a wedding gift from the groom's grandmother). Upper left: bride holding bouquet. Upper right: groom (Bride and groom's heads are cropped out).
Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.