Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Wistful Wednesday: 48 years ago

It was cold…about –20F or –6C eh! 

We were married in the afternoon and had a reception afterwards.  We had cake, Christmas cookies, coffee, punch and some fancy sandwitches…they used to take a loaf of bread and swirl food coloring in it.  Then it would be sliced lengthwise and the layers would be filled with cheese…ham salad etc…fancy….the reception took place in the church social hall.

This is a photo of the inside of the church taken from the balcony.

DEc 20 1969

We had fun looking at the backs of the heads in this photo.  Many who are now gone. My Maternal Grandmother and Far Guys Maternal Grandmother both wore hats as did our Mothers.

This is the entire wedding party. The gal( my Aunt that was younger than me) on the far left died last spring but the rest of the group are still alive and well.

Dec 20 1969 Wedding party 

48 years…it sounds like a long time…but it doesn’t seem that long ago.  We know each other well and can finish each other sentences and often are thinking the same thing at the same time. We are still best friends and on good days we both have a wicked sense of humor.

We had planned to spend the day away to see a Grand…but we are supposed to get a bunch of snow and it may be a winter storm so we will spend the day at home. Warm and safe instead of in a snowstorm someplace.

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32 comments:

Blogoratti said...

What a heartwarming post, and what beautiful photos. Warm greetings to you and yours!

Rosie said...

Happy Wedding Anniversary! Los of great memories for you. We have 50th coming up next year. We also seem to know what the other is thinking - a bit frightening at times.

Moms Musings said...

Congratulations

Rita said...

Happy anniversary you kids!! If we're getting a storm you are best safe at home with Chance. Maybe snuggle up and watch something good. I know you have been baking and cooking away so you should be set for getting snowed in if that turns out to be the case. 48 years does sometimes seem like it was just yesterday. :)

Pauline Persing said...

Beautiful wedding party.

Sallysmom said...

l absolutely love your 1st pic. Sure wish I had one like that. We celebrated our 47th in Oct. I believe that is how many years you have?

Phyllis Pritchard said...

Happy Anniversary!! The Lord continue to bless your marriage with much Love & Happiness.

Kansas Kay said...

Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful wedding!

DJan said...

That's a wonderful wedding photo, and many congratulations to the both of you. I would have been married fifty years this coming March if I added all the husbands up into one instead of four. :-)

Far Side of Fifty said...

48 today:)

Tired Teacher said...

Happy Anniversay!

Curtains in My Tree said...

I love your wedding pictures and story

marlu said...

Beautiful wedding pictures! Congratulations.

Red said...

Congratulations. The chapel we were married in looks very similar.

Lynda said...

We. celebrated 42 in September and you are correct about it not seeming to be that long of a time!

Harriet said...

Happy 48th anniversary to you both. Your description of your reception reminded me of our....almost 52 yrs. ago. Thank you, Connie, for making me remember!

Joy@aVintageGreen said...

Happy 48th Anniversary to you both. Thank you for sharing, brings back memories. Have a Merry Christmas.
Joy

Jan said...

Happy Anniversary!

Linda W. said...

Happy Anniversary!

Cynthia said...

That's a beautiful photo from the back of the church. Happy Anniversary, and congratulations on 48 years of love!

L. D. said...

Happy 48th anniversary! I don't know where the time goes. I ran into a older first cousin and she chose to relive my first years for me to bring me down. The number 48 does seem like a long time ago but really it all can pretty much be remembered and seem like just yesterday. I hope Christmas goes well for all of you.

Henny Penny said...

Happy anniversary! The pictures are beautiful. Keep meaning to tell you how much I like your header. The colors are so pretty!

troutbirder said...

Indeed. 52 years here now and my mom and my brides mom wore hats too. Happy anniversary!

vickit43 said...

Happy Anniversary!! Wishing you many more wonderful years together!

Andrea said...

I love pictures of a Christmas time wedding!! Yours was beautiful. Happy Anniversary and many more. xxx

Linda Reeder said...

Happy Anniversary! I enjoyed seeing your wedding photos. They are always fun.

Jacqi Stevens said...

Congratulations on 48 years! Yes, I imagine you both can complete each other's sentences in record time. Sweet. And yes, keep that sense of humor. It always comes in handy...

Lady Fi said...

Happy happy anniversary! Wishing you both lots of love.

Granny Marigold said...

A belated happy anniversary!! I liked seeing the pics of your wedding.

Becki said...

Happy Anniversary! I love the photo!

Sam I Am...... said...

Happy Belated anniversary! The photos are gorgeous and what a lovely wedding. I was in a wedding on December 21 and looked like that first gal to the left of you. We wore red velvet and it was a candlelight ceremony. It was in Oshkosh Wisconsin and it was C O L D!!!!! At least you had your love to keep you warm! LOL!

Carol W. said...

Happy Anniversary to you both! Your wedding looked very beautiful with the Christmas theme. Such lovely memories! God bless you both!