Sunday, August 16, 2015

A Wedding in the Woods


It's a risky business.
An outdoor wedding in northern Minnesota. You take your chances.  Joe and Heather rolled the dice and came up sevens last night. The hot humid Saturday afternoon cooled down to an acceptable level, the wind calmed after gusting away some table settings, the shade trees blocked the sun over the audience exactly in time for the service, the mosquitoes never showed up and the thunderstorm held off until way past midnight.
It was a wonderful evening in the woods. Classic. Memorable. Enjoyable. Perfect.
We got up this morning for an early walk through Deerwood to see if anything was still around since we lived here 65 years ago.  We found the city hall, auditorium and library building on Forest Street. The sturdy edifice was constructed from handsplit stones in 1936 and still looks as solid as, well, a rock. Looks like it will be good for many, many years.
We wish even better for Joe and Heather.

On the guest list: Tasha, Jennifer, Stan and Kathleen