adopted cities

Saturday afternoon in Sheffield

 great brunch at the new Tamper Coffee at Sellers Wheel

 just loving the loo roll holders too

 Then it's off to Hunters' Bar for a bread fix

 and a rummage for a remnant to make some new cushions with

Followed by Sunday evening down by the station

 Andrew Motion's poem if you can make it out

 and that amazing tall thin building

Don't ya just love it all!!!!

Double devotion

A marriage spanning the hemispheres!

Part one was in the wonderful island of Waiheke - to see this and hear Neil and Katharine's song 'First Day of my Life' just click below:

New Zealand wedding

and part two was on the Wirral last Saturday.  Both were wonderful, happy and fun.

Here's the church (with its steeple)

Open the doors - here's some of the people:

 

then back to the house - in the rain

 not that that dampened us at all

 proud Mum

 old friends

 new friends

 speeches

 even the bride got a word in

 cakes to die for

strictly (HA HA) speaking, second dance

 but it made fireworks

 the night was still young

 shoes were cast off

 dancers whirled

  the rain outside stopped

 until finally it was time to go home - tired but happy.

Now I've put this music clip at the end as I know it doesn't work well on the ipad anymore, but if you can see the link below click for the perfect song for a perfectly romantic day - (not that our dancing matched up!) and look at the photos again!!!

 ENJOY . . . . . .

'Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)' - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from Top Hat

Love is in the air

at Tom and Emma's wonderfully romantic wedding last Thursday

Everyone looking so lovely and the sun shining - all awaiting the entrance of the bride and groom!

the bridesmaids arrive

the knot is happily tied

confetti scattered

Music played

a fabulous cake

and of course, the happy couple

about to cut the cake!

and as evening fell, that first dance . . .

What a magical day . . . .

and to finish off, as we had an amazing soul band to dance to, here's my favourite romantic Motown number to send them off on a happy life: