19 June 2005 - Back from the Honeymoon!

After a manic period of last minute arrangements such as fitting a dress,seeking out and finding menus, photographer, car, church, CDs, children, flowers and good humour Angus and I were married on 21st May. It was a lovely day that went all too quickly and was far more romantic than I had imagined. Amy was a star and looked as beautiful as I have ever seen her, and she behaved perfectly as did all our children. We were enormously proud of them. Family and friends mixed together and helped to make it a very special day. Kay produced the best set of wedding photographs that I have ever seen. She managed to capture the best moments and a great variety of impromptu shots of our family and friends.

We worked hard to leave everything as organised as possible. Rosie and Mabel have returned to our neighbour for their second honeymoon and the weaners are wrecking the orchard. Beauty the Dexter produced a fine bull calf on the Thursday before we were married and Tizy kindly waited until our return to do the same. The Jacobs have mostly lambed, although sadly the oldest ewe died from the effort of producing twins, and one of those never got going but we do have 'B' a gorgeous ewe lamb who now lives with us and is confused over her identity -- she thinks she is a dog with squatters rights over our kitchen. Even Amy's kitten, Annie surprised us by producing 3 kittens the night we returned from honeymoon.

We went to France for our honeymoon and had hoped to spend it in our tiny house. However the absence of a bath room and kitchen made this difficult. We stayed at my parents house instead and had a wonderful time even though much time was spent in builders merchants. We missed home and I felt anxious about the garden but we need not have worried because it was well cared for and looks at its peak now.

The roses are stunning both in shape and scent. I find it difficult to identify my favourite. It must be between Paul's Himalayan musk, Fritz Nobis and Veilchenblau. They are all lovely but the climbers and ramblers give the garden its feeling of abundance. There are layers of plants - roses with clematis tumbling through them, under-planted with geraniums, pinks and other passions. Wild flowers march in and add the finishing touches to the canvas. Foxgloves, Campions and aquilegia are the most artistic visitors. We do control the garden but nature does do things more imaginatively than I could ever hope to, and so we allow her her freedom.

posted by B Johnson @ Sunday, June 19, 2005   0 comments (Post a Comment)