But I'll give you a quick look at the goings-on.
The wedding was in Nelson, which is just up the road from Castlegar. It is pretty well into spring out there, with the deciduous trees coming all nice and green on the hills. I didn't take pictures of all the flowering trees, the lilacs and magnolias and fruit trees!
The day of the wedding was kind of cold and cloudy and we were a bit apprehensive about it all, but as it turned out, it was lovely. Those clouds in the background lifted enough and it was fine. A tad chilly, and a wee bit windy... but not raining!
The wedding was at the golf course above the town. Really nice view up the valley...
Father and nephew of the bride hanging around before the main action.
My sister's hair! Salt and pepper but with red pepper! (She always had way more hair, and redder, than me.)
There was a colour scheme going on here. Bridal party in blue and purple, to match the flowers and the drinks.
I spent some time trying to get a picture of the actual bride. This is one of the weirder results, my sister in the foreground, probably oblivious to her bridal daughter in the background.
Even the cute flower girl/princess kept dashing out of photos.
The men stood still for a moment: Bride's brother-in-law and nephew, brother, uncle, step-father, brother, new father-in-law, groom, father.
Bride and siblings.
Bride and groom, best I could do:
It was very nice. I haven't been to a family wedding in years, probably decades! It was fun and romantic and friendly and the food was good and the speeches were minimal. Jolly good show.
And now for something completely different. Since I was there, I had to look at family heirlooms. I brought home some paintings, some horse brasses and a claw. More on the others later, but for now I will just show you this:
We think it was once a watch fob. It is a bird's foot, complete with toenails, or, as I suppose you more correctly say, talons! Something weird for the Christmas tree, perhaps?
Sometimes I wonder if that thing is really a bird's claw. It seems to have too many toes. it was always called the bird claw, though.
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