Here they are, my friends Doxy and Dear Husband. Aren't they beautiful? The ceremony was lovely, everything in proper order, all the participants playing their roles perfectly, everyone getting their lines right. I don't believe that I have ever been to a wedding in which the couple were so obviously and romantically in love with one another. Doxy and Dear Husband seemed quite relaxed and thoroughly enjoying themselves at their wedding.
Doxy's dress was gorgeous and so very flattering, showing off her lovely coloring and graceful figure. The tiers upon tiers in the skirt of her dress were beautiful. Dear Husband is fit and handsome, and he cut no mean figure in his well-tailored cassock. He reminded me of a character from an Ingmar Bergman movie, looking a bit Lutheran to me. Is it all right for an Episcopal priest to look a little Lutheran?
Bishop Michael Curry, who officiated at the wedding, preached a terrific sermon. HE PREACHED! I wanted to shout, "Amen!" more than once, but since I am a proper Episcopalian, I settled for vigorous head-nodding. My friend Jane R. is not so proper, and she let out an "Amen!" or maybe more than one.
The choir, of which one my hosts for my stay is a member, performed beautifully.
To the right is a view from the rear of the handsome pair walking together.
Thanks to Paul for the pictures of Doxy and Dear Husband. Mine did not come out good.
The Rogues Gallery, minus one, in church, pretending not to be rogues. Left to right: LJ, PJ, Jane R., Paul, and Fran
How about Jane's lovely hat? Oh the irony of Paul surrounded by women! But we all love him so.
Paul, Doxy, and Daughter of Doxy
What can I say about Daughter's hair? Words can't describe its beauty. See for yourself. She would not allow me to photograph her from the front, although I would not have published the photo. I don't why because she's quite pretty.
The Js, LJ and PJ
Only KJ is missing. PJ is melting in the humidity. I didn't notice it, because I live my life in high humidity.
Me and Bishop Michael
What was so funny? I can't remember.
Fran and Angie, Doxy's sister
Angie is a woman after my own heart. I loved meeting her. And she's beautiful, too, as is my dear friend Fran. All my friends are beautiful. This picture is stolen from Fran's Facebook site.
Fran and Jane R. outside the church
Fran and Jane R. both look lovely, but Jane is now wearing her beautiful blue hat. Thanks to Paul, the BB, for the picture.
And a grand time was had by all. I already miss my blogger friends. I have more to tell and more pictures. Before the accounts of my trip to the wedding are over, I may bore you to death.
Moore, please!
ReplyDeleteYou will never bore ME to death, dear Mimi! Thanks so much for both the lovely photos and the very generous commentary. I am really touched by what you said about DH and me. We have been graced with something really special--I will spend the rest of my life attempting to deserve and preserve it.
ReplyDeleteHaving you and the rest of the Rogues there made our wedding truly a day of joy and happiness. DH was overwhelmed by the love and friendship he saw among us, and he told me "You have shown me the power of the Internet to create community." He also noted that the bloggers showed more joy than some members of our own family, and that he was so touched by that.
Thank you for everything, dear friend. I am so glad that we got to meet in the flesh under such joyous circumstances!
Much love,
Doxy
Doxy, if you and Dear Husband like the post, then my day is made. I consider it a joy and a privilege to have been present on the day of your wedding
ReplyDeleteWe bloggers really do love one another, but all of you make it so easy for me to love you. And now Dear Husband is one of us. I think that Bishop Michael liked us, too. I liked him.
Oh thank you so much for sharing this with us!
ReplyDeleteRoseann, I loved doing this post. It took a while to get the pictures right, but it came out rather well in the end.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes! Dear Husband did look like a character from an Ingmar Bergman movie.
ReplyDeleteHe did not look that way the night before, however, dancing in tie-dyed tee-shirt and 'fro. :)
Everything was just as you described it, Mimi. But I wasn't just a mess from the humidity -- the weeping was part of it, too. ;)
PJ, yes! Nearly every time I looked at you, you were weeping. Each time I told you a story, you wept. I didn't know you were such a softy. We'll call you PJ-of-the-Tears from now on.
ReplyDeleteOur row sounded the sniffliest in the church but OCICBW. I started crying during the opening "Dearly beloved..." passage (which I consider largely twaddle even though i do believe in marriage). Lots of happy and poignant tears that day. We are a soppy lot.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the photo of you and Bp Curry laughing. Right up there with Fran laughing at her own wedding. Makes ya happy just to see it.
While the ratio wasn't optimal, I must say that if I am going to be surrounded by ladies, this was a terrific group of them to be surrounded by. I had a non-stop good time.
Dear Husband was an incredibly good sport through all this. I am glad he could see the sort of affection that can develop among folks who share their hearts online. He is a very fine man and I am glad he and Doxy found each other.
Thanks for a fabu post, GM!
Lovely. Wonderful faces. Joy, friendships, love and the Bishop Michael too! Excellent.
ReplyDeleteOh what fun!!! Keep 'em coming Grandmere! Oh Doxy and BF --many blessings!
ReplyDeleteMimi. What fun to able to share in the wedding through the photos. I also love the picture you and Bp. Michael laughing. I heard him preach once and he is amazing.
ReplyDeleteAh, what fun it must have been! The pictures on FB are quite good also. And, to see you laughing with Bishop Curry - he's a lot of fun, and can't he preach? How beautiful is Doxy and how handsome her DH. I'm overjoyed at this wedding. Much love to all of you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Mimi, even though ya still haven't told us what ya told +Michael; it musta been "cherce".
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely wedding. I hope that I did it part-way justice.
ReplyDeleteHi Sharecropper and Johnieb! Good to hear from you.
We spoke many "cherce" words to the bishop. He seemed intrigued by our virtual to real life friendships and our attendance at the wedding of a couple whom we had never met in real life. I guess it all sounds a little crazy.
Quick greetings from Boston!
ReplyDeleteI have photos of me with the hat (taken by Paul and by Fran) and can send them at some point.
Beautiful post and photos, Mimi.
It was wonderful to meet you in person at last, though I must say that because we have been in touch via e-mail and phone it was like seeing an old friend!
Jane! What a joy it was to meet you. Yes, we don't start from scratch when we first lay eyes on each other. We're pretty far along the way of friendship already.
ReplyDeleteI DO want a picture in the blue hat. Maybe I'll nag Paul about it.
everyone looks beautiful and happy. just want to say also, I don't know what it means to "look like a Lutheran." it seems to be good. is it a good thing?
ReplyDeleteDiane, what it means to me is to look like a clergy character in a Bergman movie - sort of Swedish looking in clerical dress. Wouldn't that be Lutheran? I was being silly.
ReplyDeleteHow is your arm? I'll have to pay you a visit. I have so little time.
Mimi, I can send you pictures tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteP.S. My late beloved mentor, Krister Stendahl, who was a Swede, was also married in a cassock. A Lutheran / Church of Sweden one. I have a photo somewhere. (He and his wife Brita got married sometime around when I was born, more or less.)
ReplyDeleteNicely done with the photos and commentary. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifully elegant couple!
ReplyDeleteLooking Lutheran is fine by me. The other bass in our choir is a retired Lutheran pastor, who also acted as our supply priest regularly during the last year.
Jane, there you are in your splendiferous blue hat, thanks to Paul.
ReplyDeleteLindy, thank you.
Mark, looking Lutheran is fine by me, too. After all, we are in full communion.
Jane's blue hat is very stylish!
ReplyDeleteVraiment: tres chic.
ReplyDeleteOh, Mimi, late to the party as always, but thank you for this lovely remembrance of an amazing weekend. We were soppy to the core, I must say. But we also were among the best (or at least the most enthusiastic) dancers at the party, if I do say so!
ReplyDeleteIf that's looking Lutheran then all I can say is: where are the Lutherans down my way????
Lovely pictures, Mimi. Some I had seen before, some not. Such a beautiful couple, too.
ReplyDeleteJane is a hotty in her hat, but the one I saw somewhere else of her and her black crocheted gloves, takes the cake!
LJ, all the dancers were the image of hot Lutherans, no matter your denominations. Luther would have loved the sight.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed meeting you, and I hope we meet again some sunny day - when it's not too humid for the sake of PJ.
Susan, I have that picture from Paul's collection, and I'm going to milk the wedding for further posts, so you will probably see it again. Jane was the only one of us wearing gloves, like a true, proper southern lady.
I have arrived! Mimi has declared me a true, proper Southern lady. Thank you, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure whether black fishnet gloves qualify as ladylike. They are hand-me downs from an older female relative (a Yankee, truth be told - no Southerners among my forebears), so they were proper at some point in history, or maybe not!
Jane, you're a southern lady now, for better or for worse.
ReplyDelete@ Jane, Those are not fishnet gloves, girl! They are crocheted gloves that ladies wore in the last century and earlier! Fishnet goes on your legs and isn't ladylike at all! ;-)
ReplyDeleteSusan, indeed! I had crocheted gloves in my teens and twenties.
ReplyDeleteYes, they were very proper gloves, though when I first saw them I felt a slight tilt in the timestream.
ReplyDeleteI think we all clean up quite nicely, though I am sitting here now like a true blogger, which I won't describe on a lady's blog, but I am eating tortilla chips, not Cheetos (which, I confess, I really like but try to stay away from).
Well, since I read Jane the riot act, I have googled and found 'fishnet gloves' for sale at Frederick's of Hollywood, so I think that backs up my claim that they would not be proper attire for a wedding. And they look nothing like the ones you wore, Jane.
ReplyDeleteI think we all clean up quite nicely, though I am sitting here now like a true blogger, which I won't describe on a lady's blog....
ReplyDeleteSpeedos, Paul?
Great pics . . . and oh dear, you know where my mind is, per always: are either of the "J's", or Doxy's sis Angie, SINGLE? Hot-cha-cha! ;-)
ReplyDelete[Seriously, EVERYBODY here is lookin' gorgeous---so sorry I missed the dancing!]
JCF, sorry, love, but Angie is married. Don't give up. You'll have someone one day.
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