Never a Dull Day at Cold Comfort Farm

We had a VERY odd day yesterday so I thought I'd share it with you.  The day started with Mark getting up early to start working in the garden, moving top soil into some of the lower garden beds before we left to assist a neighbor transplanting strawberry runner plants into a new garden bed (they own a small truck farm and have had some health issues lately). It took about 2 hours and we were thanked with new rhubarb and eggplant plants. 

When we arrived home around noon, we welcomed a bridal party (yes, you read correctly and grubby as we were) to take wedding photos on our farm.  A Dunstan family wedding.  Since our farm has been called "...the old jewel of the township," many neighbors have lifetime memories working here so photos on the farm are special to them; they even invited us to the wedding.  Here is a short video below of them gathering for the photo session:

While they took photos, the cars that happened to drive past honked and hollered in congratulations.  It reminded me of Columbia (circa 1950s) where everyone honked when seeing a wedding party, even in front of church. 

We left them to take their photos and continued working on our garden fence, all while enjoying watching them in their happy state.  It made our work the easiest of the day as we were able to watch their happiness!  They stayed for about two hours, and took most of their photos around the barn so we had quite a view of them. 

About 1/2 hour after they left, Mark called to me that the Red Jacket Trolley was driving by...and had pulled in across the street. We left the garden, peeking our heads around the trees and looking down the driveway.  A photographer stepped out of the Trolly and asked it they could take pictures of their bridal party in front of the barn (we've never met these folks).  We smiled and said, "SURE - why not!" Since my hands were gloved and dirty...and I was in the garden without my phone, it took me a little while to go to the house for it - but here is a glimpse of the second bride of the day.

When the fence was finished, we started planting the rhurbarb, cranberry bushes, and strawberry plants.  At 4:30, we finished and got ready to attend the wedding...with 600 of our closest strangers (really, we knew the bride's immediate family of about 100 people).  It was an Apostolic Lutheran wedding so the families are very large, lots of babies and children, and it included the entire church community.  WOW - what a crowd to feed at the reception.  Since there were so many to feed, Mark and I decided to go for a late dinner at a nearby restaurant and so their food would go further (the mother of the bride was very worried that the food would hold out). 

Over dinner, we reflected on our day and realized that we do not have a dull life here!  It was WONDERFUL to have young people on the farm, being around youth always makes us feel more alive and happy.