Hello, friends!
This post will focus on things happening in the nearby vicinity of our abode...
Sadly, this is not our home! Rather, 'tis (only part of) the beautiful historic Larimore House! I get to be in this mansion every weekend, and then clean these historic rooms every Monday! Quite a privilege. I had some time during this particular wedding because it was an especially small group. The bride was from Holland the groom was Filipino!
That night, the meal consisted of prime rib or lemony salmon with sides. There was mostly salsa music, and tulips adorned every table. It was neat how they planned the wedding to include a mixture of Dutch traditions as well as American. During the reception, all the guests from Holland sang some songs in Dutch for the bride. :)
garden ceremony
Nikola watching the ceremony and waiting to serve hor d'oeuvres and our friend and fellow employee Hope serving punch
The hor d'oeuvres that Nikola and Hope prepared: Shrimp cocktails, bacon-wrapped sausages, salsa on chips, vegetable shooters in dip, garlic cheese ball and fruit
Heading over to the reception hall, it was fun to see all the real tulips which a friendly Dutch couple brought from their tulip farm! (I assume the farm was in America but the couple had delightful Dutch accents)
It's too hard to get pictures when the lights are dim, but it was nice to watch the couples dancing- there were some very sweet Filipino couples :)
Back home....
Our two ducks :)
ducky darling Jessie (I said that just to bother you, dear ;P )
Some time early in May, we took a walk at Fort Bellefontaine with Sara and Peter in honour of Peter's departure to Washington D.C! It was good to talk much again!
Interesting picture here. Kind of awkward since I'm the only one posing. ;P
Friend forever!
A Sunday afternoon smile :) I will always treasure Sunday afternoons, when we march out to the backyard armed with towels or chairs to sit upon and a sometimes overly-ambitious stack of good books to read! Not to mention our Bibles. And since we are all well-equipped with tongues and thoughts, sometimes we do quite a bit of discussing as well as reading! I don't know what I would do without Sundays. During the rest of the week, although one reads ones Bible daily, it's too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of what to do next to ''survive''!
On another note...
A little critter to brighten your day. This is our lovebird- after a bath evidently.
Oh. Speaking of unusual creatures....we took a family stroll at Tower Grove Park one night and I thought I was having a funny spell when I looked over in the near distance and spotted this like 7-foot tall guy standing as still as a...post. For about 5 minutes. I know 'cause I couldn't stop staring. It was so spooky.
That, friends is the difference between yoga and meditation. Man, I wish I could have done something to scare him. :P
While we were there, we played some severely-lacking-in-talent volleyball with a vintage volleyball net.
It's a good thing Sam was on our team; cause there is no way the ball would have gotten over the net without him!
action ;) Or non-action, depending on how you view it. I refuse to post the videos of us ''playing volleyball'' our Mum filmed in between laughs. ;)
