Wedding Season

Autumn has become very trendy as a wedding season.  What's not to love?  It's not as hot, not as busy (for weddings), and comes with lovely color for outdoor events.

I was blessed enough to be invited to 2 exceptionally loving weddings in the past month.  I have loads of photos, so I will post a couple different days.

Today's themes are dresses and dancing!

This is StarryNews and her father in her made-to-order red gown.  Her sister helped with the design and the fabric was stunning.  Gold shoes under there too!

An evening shot of G and V in their dresses.  I am still working on manual settings for low light.  This is the only good shot I was able to get without using a tripod (which I didn't have with me).  I was very happy at how it turned out.  So lovely.

Both couples have been taking dancing lessons, so they have wonderful first dances.  Everyone was impressed and I'm pretty sure I have 40 pictures of that alone!  I'll just post a couple.

As you can see, both were outdoor/indoor venues.  Perfect!

One of my favorite parts of G and V's ceremony was the handfast.  What a wonderful historical piece to add to a modern wedding.  It was so touching.

More photos to come - once I share the rest with the newlyweds!

M.E.

Conflicting Feelings

You know when you see something and for a minute you have several conflicting feelings.  You're not sure if you should like or hate it or you just wonder what the folks who own it were thinking?  That was my response to this Hummer.

I was out at a neighborhood park, taking pictures again, and saw this sitting near my car when I returned.  My initial thought was "oh shiny things!" because that's how I roll.  Then I wondered who blings out a hummer?  I mean, they did a really nice job, if you're into jacked up military all-terrain vehicles.

Then I thought about my friends and family members in the military and wondered if they would fall over laughing if they passed this thing on the street.  Also, the license plate says "AUSUM".

Last year after a particularly bad Monday morning commute, resulting in my insurance company telling me I would be buying a new car, I did look at all kinds of vehicles.  I really hate car buying (I've bought 2 houses between cars, I hate it that much), so I figured I should review all options before buying.  The Hummers do get you where you want to go, in all kinds of weather.  The gas mileage, not so much in your favor, by the way!  In the end I went with smooth and reliable Subaru.

But if I had seen this Hummer....I wonder!

M.E.

A Blog Award

I received a Blog Award from Suzanne at You Made That. 

I have to tell you, it made my whole week!

My very first blog award and from a blogger with a fantastic site, 

who also provides fabulous work with others to The Mother Huddle.

Besides being very excited for my little blog, I get to pass this on to others.  The way it works, those who choose to accept the award (and may put this adorable button on their blog), you are to pass it to 15 other Lovely Blogs and tell everyone about how lovely they are.

Here are some of my nominations, in no particular order:

Just Another Girl with a Camera

Cabin Fever in Vermont

Growing Older but Not Up

Window On the Prairie

Life According to Jan and Jer

Pastor's Girl Ponderings

Tes at Home

Murrieta 365

Lisa's Chaos

My Little Life

Ramblings and Photos

My Sweet Chaos

A Full-Time Life

The Crayon Wrangler

Snowcatcher

Please stop by these blogs and see all the creativity, beauty, and fun they have to offer!!

Thanks for visiting, see you next time.

M.E.