Cutting garden

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Dahlia Yesterday I wrote about the flowers we used for the wedding and how we cut most of the flowers we used from the roadside near our home.  Today, it’s flowers from my cutting garden. My favorite bouquets have always been the ones cut from the roadside, or yard.  Mr. D has always been willing … Read More

Flowers

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The flowers for Cara & Tim’s wedding were very simple, and very pretty….and pretty dadgum inexpensive! The morning before the wedding I picked up a friend and my sister-in-love and hit the wild flower hotspot …. the exit ramp off the highway near The Cottage. We picked 5 HUGE buckets of Queen Anne’s Lace along … Read More

What we wore …

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Among the most commonly asked questions prior to the wedding were “what are the bridesmaids wearing?”, “what are the groomsmen wearing?”, and finally “what are you  wearing?” For inquiring minds …. here’s the scoop …. The groomsmen wore Nantucket Red pants, Navy Blazers, and white button down shirts with blue stripe ties. So did the groom. … Read More

Wedding Treats

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and now back to the wedding ….. While living in Upstate New York (Endicott) we attended many weddings.  Many Italian weddings.  At traditional Italian weddings there is typically a dessert or sweet table with cake and large trays of cookies.  Sometimes the cookie platters are piled high on each guest table, sometimes a “cake” is … Read More

Escape

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With all the wedding planning and execution, we didn’t have much down time this summer.  So, when friends invited us back to their cabin on Battle Lake we welcomed the opportunity. Early Friday morning 4 adults and 4 canines loaded in a minivan and drove north.  Mr. D was very hesitant about taking Nike along. … Read More

Commute delay

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Normally my commute to and from my job takes between 15 and 20 minutes. Today it took me 50 minutes to get home. About two thirds of my commute is on winding country back roads.  The other third is on a state highway.  Today, where the country road meets up with the highway I was … Read More

Spontaneous actions

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Let’s take a break from the obvious and expected post wedding posts.  I have no dadgum clue where to begin with the wedding posts.  So, let’s take a detour, while I sort photos and determine potential blog posts. Thursday evening Mr. D and I strolled through downtown Rochester checking out the vendors and musicians at … Read More

Where do I begin?

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I have so much to share with you, and so little time.  All the wedding planning has been on the down-low for the last 8 months and now I am free to share with you our wedding journey. But … Where do I begin?  At the beginning?  Like back in January when Cara and Tim … Read More

Nesting

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I try to let the chickens out to roam the yard as often as I can.  The past few days I’ve let them out every day.  Except today — it was raining.  And the Coopers Hawk was hanging around. Usually by the time I let them out of the pen they have all already laid … Read More

Two things

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I have on my plate and  I can’t do this …. but our Nate sure can! and it is pretty funny listening to him quote movies.