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Well, I had a lovely weekend. Other than work deciding at the last minute that I just had to go to a meeting on Friday morning. I told them that if I did I would end up walking. (In other words not a chance.) We left Friday morning at 10am, picked up a friend in Cambridge. Then on the road. Got stuck in traffic in Toronto, then again just before Barrie. Then there was construction on highway 69 for most of the drive.
I forgot just how beautiful it is up there. The canadian shield starts just after the start of highway 69. I just wish I could have gotten a few pictures. On just about every rock formation there were these inuet rock sculptures. (I can’t remember what they are called) Finally got to Perry Sound and started driving to the Roundstone Inn in Magnetawan. We were told that to buy groceries it’d be a 15 minute drive (We really didn’t want to after a 4 hour drive.) So we spent the evening at Rick and Janis’s trailer. (They were getting married, that’s the real reason we went.)
On Saturday we spent most of the day inside watching Will and Grace, Married with Children, and a few other old shows. It was really too cold out to do much else. We finally braved the water to have showers (the water smelled like sewage, ewwww…) Got ready for the wedding and then we were off to Ahmic Harbour to the beach. A very lovly wedding. They didn’t want traditional, and it wasn’t. It was great. Then we went back to our room and waited for the bus to go to the reception. We had a blast. (Unfortunatly, my camera died, and the extra batteries I took didn’t work. Just my luck.) Back to Ahmic Harbour on Sunday morning. Then saddly it was time to go home. We really didn’t want to leave. 😥
I’m exhausted. It was a great weekend. Here I have a few pictures. I’m expecting to get more sent to me, so there will be more. Here’s a link to the pictures.
http://s139.photobucket.com/albums/q313/Romeodanny/Rick%20and%20Janis%20Wedding/
Oh it sounds like you had a great time! A place I would love to visit as well.
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I had a great time. But, when I came home the poor cats were so hungrey. I found out that my pet sitter never showed up. It was only a few days, so I’m not really upset. But, the cats were.
They ignored me after I fed them. They didn’t want me around at all. It took Romeo a few hours to start requesting (demanding) attention. Then Danny came around after 5 hours. He still was upset with me but, after putting him up on the desk and giving him a good brushing he forgave me. I feel guilty, next time I’ll give my key to my next door neighbour she’ll look after them and they like her. Now to get everything back in order around here. 😆 I really want to just go back up.
I’m trying to find pictures of the rock formations and the inuit sculptures but, there dosen’t seem to be any out there. Maybe someday I’ll go back up and get some pictures. Oh if you do visit, go to Algonquin Park (It’s just a few kilometres away, and stop in Sudbury it’s only 95 kilometres north. Both are worth the trip. It might also be worth it to take the Chichimon to Tobermory. It’s so beautiful around there as well.
I went up to Sudbury once, at the very end of the winter. The snow had melted, but the leaves hadn’t started to come out yet, so the view was actually breathtaking. Imagine black hills (’cause of the mining), decorated with handfuls of naked birch trees, white sticks on a black mound… I haven’t been back, but that’s the picture I have in my mind. Things have probably changed quite a bit, since I was there, oh, almost 15 years ago?!
But yes, the northern area of Ontario is beautiful. The glaciers left carved boulders, clear lakes…
Romeodanny, you and me should start working for the tourism office 😀
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmWelcome back. I love the bride’s dress. Can you explain the wedding a little more? What was the reception like? Was it a normal Scottish wedding?
dragonessjade wrote:Welcome back. I love the bride’s dress. Can you explain the wedding a little more? What was the reception like? Was it a normal Scottish wedding?
Sorry, I guess I should take some time to describe things better. 😆
The wedding started at 5:39, I thought that it was a typo, but, it wasn’t. They really didn’t want anything to be traditional. So I’ll give you a rundown of the wedding. (First I’ll give you the timeline from the wedding brochure.
Sunday June 23, 2007 AM
– hopefully wake up to a nice sunny day (it wasn’t, it was cloudy and cold. Luckally it rained after the wedding during the reception.)
– Relax or play for the morning…whichever one prefers (we relaxed, too cold to do much else.)
PM
– 5:39 P.M. Wedding procession begins. (yes it did, that is when the boat started to come in.)
– Arrival of Bride (she was wearing her elvis sun glasses. That’s what that white blur on her face was. She was looking very pretty in her cape. Leading the procession was piper Roy Gibbs, (the other piper cancelled the day before. Her mom spent Friday looking for another piper.) After the piper came Susan, sister of the bride. Then Barbara, friend of the bride. Then came her dad, to walk her down the “isle”.
– vows spoken (:roll: Sorry that’s what it says in the brochure.) They read Corintians 13:4-7 (you know the love verses.) Then the officiate: Pastor Richard McQuillin said a bit about how merriage can be related to dogs. Very sweet, actually, since Janis owns a natural pet food buisness. (That’s how we met. I was her groomer for almost 5 years. Then the buisness was sold from under her feet and I groomed for a friend, and she started up a natural pet food store.) Then they read their vows. (traditional vows at least. LOL)
– Signing of the register (self explanitory)
They didn’t put this in the broucher but, after they went to someones trailer (can’t remember whos) to light the unity candles.
– Hand Fasting Ceremony (the sash used for the handfasting is the Colquhoun tartan in honor of the Bride’s Grandmother, the late Christena Colquhoun Robinson) I’ll tell more about handfasting later. Interesting tradition if you’ve never heard of it before.
– Special readings and singing. (the Grooms niece sang “Forever Love” it was beautiful. She did a great job.) Larry Schiedel, Rick Schiedel, Bob Schiedel and Carl Randall sang “My Only Love”, and “Lay Down Beside Me.” They also played “Hawaiian Wedding Song” during the signing of the register. This is the note with the brochure: Elvis Presley- he has left the building so it is really just a CD.The officiate had to wish the Bride Happy Birthday as well. So the piper played happy birthday. Imagine getting married on your birthday.
– After the Ceremony: Social hour and light refreshments (this is where everyone is supposed to mingle and kiss and hug, etc.) I can’t tell you about this since we had a bus picking us up. We had to drive back to our Inn.So approx. 7:30 Pm the bus picked us up and we went to the reception. There were no speaches, no tossing of the bouquet. They served mostly finger foods on a buffet table. I missed dessert since it wasn’t announced. But, bassically it was a party, drink, dance, have a blast. I was dragged out to the dance floor way too often. I like watching. I don’t like to drink. I mulled one glass of red wine the whole evening. I also don’t like it when my dance partner dances with thier drink in hand. I was spilled on too many times. There were no single guys. (There were but they were all too young.) But, it was so much fun. Everyone had a great time.
So no it wasn’t traditional anything. They did take alot from the celtic traditions. But, in their own way. It was also bring your own chair. As you could see in some of the pictures it was also pretty much casual.
Oh I do have to say this since it was very funny. I’m still chuckling over this. In our room there was an information binder. In the binder it mentioned a bait and tackle shop being the heart of downtown Megnetawon. Guess what, we passed it on the way to the hall. It was in the middle of nowhere. Literally! You know the cross roads out on country roads where there are normally four farms kitty courner to each other. On the one corner was this shop. We (the people that I stayed with had a good laugh about that.)
Oh I forgot to tell about handfasting.
Handfasting
Handfasting is an old Irish ceremony of commitment. The ceremony fomalized a relationship, whether an engagement, a trial marriage, a permanent marriage, or optimistically, a marriage over several lifetimes. This Celtic ceremony of unity, whatever the terms, represents the intention of two people to make their lives together and ideally to love and cherish one another.
In handfasting, the wrists of the couple are bound together with a ribbon or cord. Each partner holds the hands of the other–right hand to right hand, left hand to left– their wrists crossed. The ribbon is wound around the wrists over the top of one and under and around the other, thus creating the infinity symbol. It is said that this ritual is the origin of the term “tying the knot.” The vows are spoken and the celebration commenced.
In Ireland and Scotland, during the early Christian period it was a form of trial marriage, often performed in rural areas when a priest was not available. The couple could form a temporary, trial marriage, and then be married “in the Church” the next time a priest visited their area.
One historical example of handfastings as trial marriages is that of “Telltown marriages” – named for the year and a day trial marriages contracted at the yearly Celtic harvest festival held in Telltown Ireland. The festival took place every year at Lughnasadh(August 1), and the trial marriage would last until the next Lughnasadh festival. This festival was greeted with the great anticipation not only because it expressed gratitude for the harvest, but, because by the end of it, many couples had formed, were handfasted, and went off for a year of marriage to renew their vows a “year-and-a-day” later–or not, as the case may be. At that time, they were free to leave the union if they desired.
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