Maggi and Bruce ROCK!

Maggi and Bruce are two very excellent friends of mine who got married a couple of weeks ago. Maggi used to work with Jan (and she also recommended the inn where he and I got married), and she and Bruce now live a day's drive to the south of us, so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like. Fortunately, their wedding was in our area (where Maggi's mom lives).

To help them celebrate the occasion, Jan baked a wedding cake for them, and I took pictures of the ceremony and reception. I know this blog is "officially" about Marsha and her knitting, but let me just take a moment to describe this amazing cake. It was a twelve-inch genoise, soaked in a vanilla-rum syrup, and covered with buttercream and coconut flakes. (Jan thought these tropical flavors would complement the Hawaiian shirts the happy couple wore for their wedding.) The decorations were in blue, which is Maggi's favorite color. And as a surprise, Jan added a little snail (edible--though made of gum paste, which isn't too tasty) to the garden, because Maggi has a "thing" for snails. (To call it an obsession isn't coming close.) Needless to say, the cake was beautiful and delicious! Boy, I sure could go for a piece of that right now...

As for the photos: I'm not a professional photographer, but sometimes I get lucky and manage to snap some decent photos. My photographic philosophy is "Take as many pictures as you possibly can...and you're bound to end up with at least a few keepers." Quantity leads to quality. Anyway, Maggi reads this blog regularly, and after reading about my knitless Fourth of July weekend, decided to send me a set of Denise needles as a thank-you gift for the photography. At least, that's her official story. Part of me suspects she just felt really sorry for me and sent me the needles so I'd quit whining about them and instead write something interesting for once in here.

She told me a couple of days ago that the needles were en route, so I've been watching the mailbox since then. They arrived today--what a perfect way to start the weekend! As you can see, Sylvia found them pretty interesting. And what fabulous timing, too: I just finished one item (more on that later when I have pictures to share), and tonight I plan to use my new needles to start a new project. Hooray! Thanks, Maggi and Bruce!