...off to Tapawingo we go...

I'm so excited...it's vacation time! My hubby & I are celebrating our wedding anniversary & we're going to spend it @ Tapawingo...where we got married many moons ago! Beautiful & enchanting Camp Tapawingo...hand~built over the course of 40+ years by the late Rev. Mac & Margo Fish & of intricate twig & stone construction. Made up of numerous out~buildings, each separate with a singular function, yet all connected by either a moss covered, stone pathway or a winding, wooden bridge. Located on Lake Placid, in the NY Adirondacks, Tapawingo is a very special, magical place, & i know you'd love it there!

My husband orchestrated our wedding, consisting of 35 close family members & friends. No rehearsals, no alternative plans...should Mother Nature grace us with a downpour...and did she ever...a torrential downpour all throughout the night, before...but on the morning of my wedding day I awoke to the bluest sky & brightest sunshine ever imaginable. Created, envisioned, arranged, designed & scored by my one & only...it was a day, a dream to remember.

Unbeknownst to our guests, when the celebration began, my husband ushered everyone across a wooden bridge, past the hand~built family chapel & down to the boat dock. With everyone mingling at the water's edge, off in the distance the sound of a bagpiper...notes on thin air...an Irish Wedding song...could be heard. As all our guests looked out into the distance, in the direction of the bagpipe music, across the lake & glistening in the sunlight...they could see the sight of a guideboat...the oars moving up & down, one by one to the rhythm of the piper's song...and a beautiful bride~to~be, with a garland of wildflowers resting upon her head, 7 strands of pearls wrapped around her neck, sat smiling, peacefully, joyfully...plying...plying to the shore...to her husband~to~be, to the chapel @ Tapawingo...i do...we did...and we continue to do so...

And now, we are off...to celebrate...August 21st...in the great north country!

I will return in a weeks time with lots of photos! I will be drinking lots of tea & taking lots of photos...photos of Tapawingo & more...for you to see!

Thank you for reading, thank you for viewing & most importantly, thank you for supporting me day or night, cup or pot, photo or poem, in silliness & in seriousness, in all that ~i do~ because...YOU all inspire me! Have a GREAT week friends! See you soon!