Midsummer’s day. So mote it be…

21st June 2008.

After having a civil marriage ceremony last Halloween, it’s time to do it how we always wanted to. My Lady and I are getting Hand-Fasted today. Everyone is mucking in, draping ribbons all over the trees where the ceremony will take place. We’re so grateful for being given official permission to hold it here. Mums son is a chef and has put on a very posh spread. Kids screaming with laughter all around. There really is an air of faery tale about it. Ivy Wreaths around everyone’s head. We even put on traditional games for everyone to take part in. It’s quite a spectacle and everyone, even strangers are joining in. Two of them we asked to participate as is the tradition. They were overjoyed when we asked them.

Our ceremony was beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it and it was all ours. I’m taking the odd moment to burn certain images into my mind forever. Time to have a few drinks and celebrate. We are going to play Ladies V Gents tug of war in a bit. Someone managed to find a rope over 20 feet long and 3 inches wide! Appropriately the Ladies won the competition. My Lady and I took a private walk for a bit towards the end of the day. We are flying off to Amsterdam tonight… Faery tale…

We landed at Schiphol airport and got a train to Amsterdam. What a beautiful city. What a beautiful Lady. We travel together so well. No stress, well organised and so happy. So we check out the local museums and so on. While we were walking between two of them, some guy accidentally bumps into My Lady on a bike. “Wow I’m real sorry Maam!” and carries on. We look at each other… No… Surely not? Yes it was! My Lady had just been run over by Owen Wilson who was in Amsterdam filming. Surreal! We walked so much exploring the place, holding hands all the way. We ended the trip with a romantic canal boat ride at sunset… The perfect end to a perfect trip after a perfect Hand-Fasting to a perfect Lady. Still think Faery tales are not real? So mote it be…

Wow! Crazy! After all this time I never noticed the heart in the sky on the top left. I swear to you this image is untouched… Says it all…