Wednesday Memes

 

Daughter L's Wedding

 Daughter L was married on the last weekend in August.  Here are some photos to share the occasion!

The Dress

Bride's Bouquet

The old Bible hanging from the bouquet hung from my own bridal bouquet and was used 

by my sisters and nephew in their weddings.  Hopefully it can be passed on to the next family 

wedding!

Chapel

This is the Ancaster Mill chapel where the wedding ceremony took place.  The Ancaster Mill is a scenic historic venue.  The reception was held in their restaurant. 

Daughter L orchestrated many fun events prior to and after dinner.  There was a room with an ice cream cart, candy bar, photo booth.  She even handmade fun puzzle sets for people to stay entertained, colouring pages for kids.

Candy Bar

Being originally an old mill, it is a very scenic venue with a waterfall and a stream running through it.

table setting

Watermelon Salad

Beef

Salmon

Chicken

Vegetarian

cheesecake

The meal was incredibly delicious.  We were able to order from beef, chicken, salmon or vegetarian main courses.  Being a restaurant we were not required to make our selections ahead of time.

Wedding Cake

There was a mishap with the 3 tier buttercream wedding cake.  For some reason the bottom vanilla layer collapsed, maybe it was in the heat too long.  Fortunately I found a photo of the original cake. The venue was able to remove that layer and  we were shown the upper 2 layers at the time of cake cutting.  The topmost layer was pink champagne (a strawberry flavour).  The middle layer was chocolate.    The collapsed vanilla layer was served in slices so nothing went to waste.  In fact there was no leftover cake!  Apparently the cake baker said her secret is using real butter!

cake slices

 I never saw the chocolate slices!

Late night Fruit Tray

Late night poutine

S'mores by the firepit

Some had fun roasting s'mores and even hot dogs by the firepit next to the waterfall area.  Daughter L thought of everything.  The venue allowed us to bring in our own marshmallows, chocolates and graham crackers to assemble the s'mores.  We also provided weiners for roasting.

It was a very successful event.  The groom said it was the happiest day of his life!  Daughter L is having fun saying 'My Husband' in her Instagram posts!

Everyone had a great time.

I don't normally post personal photos but if you made it this far, here is a modified photo of the happy young couple!

Wonderful story

Isn't this a wonderful story of wheat mill owners during the Great Depression.
 

Spot the Differences

 Try this one!

Summertime Lunch

Seated Near the Patio

Crab Cakes

Fish Tacos

White Sangria and Fried Cauliflower Appetizer

 It was mid-August when husband M and I had a lovely restaurant lunch with our friend and financial advisor.  M had the fish tacos and I chose the crab cake.  We sat near the patio so we could enjoy the summer breezes while being in the shade indoors.  We ordered the fried cauliflower appetizer and I chose a white Sangria as my drink.  Our financial advisor had a tuna salad, he was recently alerted to a high cholesterol problem and is trying to change his red meat diet.

 I noticed the restaurants are catering to changing dietary needs.  My crab cakes were pretty much low carb.  The waitress happily substituted a salad in place of the fries that came with husband M's fish taco meal selection.

Hope you are enjoying your long Labour Day weekend if you live in Canada. 

Friday Art - Arctic Fox

 For Friday Art I am showing an arctic fox I did a couple of years ago.  Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art for Fun Fridays.

My September 2022 Art Calendar Page and Rain's Art and Dinner Date

 Here is My September 2022 Art Calendar Page.  The quote I chose was:

We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost.

Henry Rollins

Rain's theme for the art date is 'Mazes'.  Here is my maze ACEO (2 1/2"  3 1/2)") using watercolour markers.

For Rain's Art and Dinner Date I made this Chinese Chive and Salmon dish back in the summer when my neighbor was giving me a lot of these chives from his garden.  Chinese chives are different than regular chives they are used more as a vegetable than a herb.  I cut a bunch of the chives into 1 1/2" segments.  Then I stir fry them for a few minutes in olive oil with a dash of salt and pepper and a few tablespoons of Chinese cooking wine.  Remove to a plate, then drain a can of salmon and saute it in a bit of olive oil and a dash of pepper.  Mix the chives in and you have a delicious dish.