Wedding Part 4

Without a full photo it will be hard to describe how the field was divided up for the wedding- but of course I shall try.  Where we held the service and dinner the pasture is almost square.  There are several bushes almost dead center in the field.  

We had a canopy set up on the north side of the pasture, in it was the guest book manned (womanned) by my granddaughter.  Guests walked down the long driveway onto the north side of the field, through the canopy and then a path around some small trees and then an aisle between the seats of straw (covered with my wife’s quilts) to the arbor which was on the east side of the trees.  The path had the buckets of flowers spaced out alongside of it.

In the foreground is their garden, the canopy is on the north end of the field.  There is a trail to the left that goes around the garden area to the canopy and then on around to the right to get to the ceremony area.

The ceremony took place in front of a small stand of shrubs that separated that area from the eating area.  My son in-”love” to be made an arbor from trees on the property.  His mother brought a lot of plants from her place in Idaho to put around the arbor, some brought to her by my son in-”love” to be from Germany.  My wife and his mother did not want to put anything on the arbor itself, it was naturally beautiful.  My son in-”love” to be did a good job of building it and keeping that rugged beauty

The barbecues were set up on the other side of the shrubs that were behind the arbor.  My oldest son got a crew rounded up and started the barbecuing.  The large spool tables were set up a few feet south of the grills, these tables held the food buffet style. The dining tables were set up to the southwest of the spool tables.  All of this, except for the umbrellas over the spool tables, was in the sun.  After the ceremony bales of straw were moved over to the tables and the quilts put back over them.  Some of the attendees moved some bales into the shade of that large pine tree which was about 75 feet east of the grills.

The weather was nice, not too hot, but a tad warm in the sun.

My daughter in-"love" had brought up a number small Styrofoam boxes and ice packs.  After making such a beautiful cake and cup cakes she wanted to make sure people were able to take food with them.  These were used, along with aluminum foil and plastic containers for attendees to take home left overs.  If anyone left without some, it was their fault as there was plenty.  Our family has the philosophy that we never want someone to leave our table hungry and we cook for leftovers to send home with guests.

  

Then after the meal we had to clean it up – not people hired, but family and friends – working because they want to, out of love for My son in-”love” to be and My daughter.