The Wedding
St. Johns Bridge
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Descending the steps dodging the sprinkler Doug and Doris with Cathedrals behind Brian and Robin, waiting Chris, waiting David, waiting |
The wedding was held at Cathedral Park under the St. John's Bridge. As we arrived, we found sprinklers watering the steps down to the park.....and the grass around the landing where we were standing.....which soon stopped and began again closer to the site.....which continued to move closer by and around us and then on top of us.....so we had to move everyone, including the minister and wedding party during the ceremony. |
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Conni Jill, minister Wiping sweat and presenting the ring Sprinklers! Sprinklers! Sprinklers! Robin reading the Apache Marriage Prayer |
But the sprinklers helped cool everyone, for the bridge didn't shade us on the landing from the 90 degree sun until the ceremony was over......so the wedding group stood before the minister with sweat dripping down their backs, their legs, their faces....... We set up the table to hold the wine and laid down the Moslem Prayer rug for us to stand and then started the music. Bonnie Raitt sang Nick of Time , as our Flower Girls orianna and FemOwl strewed rose pedals. And then Doug and his step-kids, Doris and her sons stepped forward. As the minister said something about the "din of life," a train rumbled down by the river and began toot-tooting as it crossed under the bridge. Doug immediately said, "We planned that!" |
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Shawn (Enygmatoy) hit the player to play Indigo Girls Power of Two, only to find the sprinkler-soaked player and tape garbled....so we sang a bit as the kids poured the champagne for the toast given by Scott (Enygma). Between the roving sprinklers, the heat, the train, the music.....I do not think I have ever laughed so much and so hard at any ceremony! | |
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Toasts given, pictures taken, hugs continued, we hit the road to dinner at the Quay across the Columbia River into Washington. When the daisy halo was placed on Doug's head, the paparazzi went into a snapping flashing frenzy. |
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