We were in Greendale for a family wedding at my daughter's
wedding chapel. I kept myself busy between events, taking photos of the kids. Laurie wandered about, checking out the garden, watching the sun set. These are a few of his photos.
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| Crocosomia, shedding petals |
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| A tangle of daisies |
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| Hydrangea and rail fence |
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| Busy napping |
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| Sparrow on a wire |
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| Light fading on the neighbour's farmhouse, pink on the clouds and mountain peaks. |
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| More warm light |
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| Mountains southeast of Chilliwack |
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| Darkening clouds over the chapel bell tower. |
And one of mine:
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| Cousins, collecting tiny flowers to refill the flower girl's basket. (After the ceremony.) |
The bride was beautiful, the groom beaming, the parents proud. The weather behaved itself; not too hot, not too damp, not raining; we were able to eat dinner in the chapel gardens. But the mosquitoes -- ahh! the mosquitoes! -- they were plentiful, and bloodthirsty! It's been a bad year for them at that end of the Fraser Valley. And by the time I found the
Off, both bottles were empty.
D's folks lived very near the chapel but it wasn't the chapel then - almost acrooss the street on old yale. I thought the skitters would be bad up here this year because we've had a fair amount of rain but not so. So miserable when they are out on mass and bloodthirsty...hard to relax and enjoy.
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