Wedding on the Mountain

January 1^st, 01/01/10 – what a date and what a special ceremony really worth blogging about.

A very special moment in a very special place.

I’ve been waiting to officiate ‘on the mountain’ (as I like to say) behind my house and today I finally did. The temperature was a bit higher than it’s been, so that was great, as we gathered in a circle for the nuptials. (I had to lend one guest a pair of boots – guess everyone didn’t know exactly what was going to happen).

We gathered on the mountain

Not wanting to keep people out in the cold for too long the ceremony was only about 15 minutes long, but included Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ otherwise know as ‘How do I love thee, let me count the ways.’ It was the first time I used that poem in a ceremony and I enjoyed it. There were a few other cool elements for the ceremony as well (no pun intended).

The bride was from Mexico and she said her vows in English and in Spanish and her ring vows in Spanish. The couple had beautiful rings made in Mexico of three kinds of gold.

It was a lovely gathering of folks and as the ceremony ended snow started falling. It couldn’t have been more picturesque.  They plan to have a big Mexican ceremony this fall on another great date: 10/10/10, which I suspect will be a popular wedding date this year.  Congratulations Conrad and Teresa!!!

The wedding begins