Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The newest Mr. and Mrs. Harrington, or Cory & Laura git hitched

 
The flowers were beautiful...

 
 
 
The stained glass was "cool"!
 
 
 
The Bride and Groom were ready...I think...

 
I love the first dance!

 
Dinner was great :-)

 
There were LOTS of attendants, but

 
these were my two favorites!

 
Grandpa didn't dance, but I know he wanted to, and
no, they didn't take home any of the special beer brewed and
gifted by Cory.
(They did take the cool glasses through.)

 
Andy and Gayle didn't dance either, but they had
a good time and enjoyed the food and music.

 
Mom and Vaneta were able to visit during dinner...
afterwards, not so much.  (The music was great though!) 
Grandma didn't dance, but Vaneta did!

 
Perhaps the biggest wedding cake I have ever seen!
It was really, really good!

 
We got to see Jill briefly and are looking forward to a little
more visit time before she returns home.  She has school
work to do... go figure!  

 
The parents of the groom, looking a little shell shocked.
I think it was just their dress shoes...

 
ahhh - also my favorite dance...can you have 2 favorite dances?

 
G'ma Harrington and her boys - all lookin' mighty fine!

 
The venue is called Windows on the River and it is
in the old Power Station.  It was really lovely.

 
A blurry shot of "The Term" looking festive.


...and a couple more lovely, wintery

 
shots of the river and lights out the big windows.
 
 
Congratulations to Cory and Laura!
May your journey together be blessed with
love, laughter, meaningful experience, and
family and friends with whom to share
both the good times and the difficult ones, as well.
Love, Aunt Karen and Uncle Pat 
 

Monday, November 10, 2014

Mostly Shades of Red

While walking about the yard a few weeks back, I noticed how dominating the color red was in our landscape. Perhaps it was a precursor to last weeks election results.  As you know, Ohio is a red state:-(  As we are supposed to dip into the 30's during the daytime for the next 10 days, I thought these might help to keep my warm feeling.
 
 
Viburnum berries

 
Cutleaf Japanese Maple
 
 
Hydrangea
 
 
Snapdragons
 
 
Hydrangea

 
Cutleaf Japanese Maple
 
 
Pink Dogwood

 
Flowering Crab
 
 
Ruby Sedum 
 

This one and the next two are obviously contrary to the theme, however I couldn't leave them out.  These are Toad Lilies.


This is a paper wasp (Hornet?) nest in one of the street trees on Grant St.  It's approx. 2' tall x 1' in diameter.

 
 Anemone from the garden.
 

One last shot of red.  This is a traditional Japanese Maple.