{"id":242,"date":"2017-10-24T10:33:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quizzical-morning.flywheelsites.com\/dawnrees\/?p=242"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:33:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:33:03","slug":"it-rained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/2017\/10\/24\/it-rained\/","title":{"rendered":"It rained!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-243\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2017\/10\/umbrellas-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2017\/10\/umbrellas-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2017\/10\/umbrellas.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What to do when it&#8217;s an outdoor ceremony, the forecast is sun, but the black clouds loom? \u00a0This was the conundrum of the day. \u00a0It is always good to have a contingency plan if you want an outdoor ceremony (75% of my ceremonies booked for 2018 are outside). \u00a0In this case there was an alternative &#8211; to all decamp to the barn (but the barn was not decorated and the chairs would all need to be moved). \u00a0The couple categorically did not want an &#8216;arbour&#8217; which can help in these situations. \u00a0The only alternative &#8211; as the weather looked like it would hold just long enough &#8211; was to carry on but to prime Uncle Reg who had a big umbrella. \u00a0Predictably, just as my lovely couple were about to take their vows, the rain started pattering down. \u00a0Uncle Reg then came into his own. Proudly &#8211; as I caught his eye &#8211; he stood up, straightened his jacket and came up and stood behind us with his enormous blue and white striped umbrella. \u00a0It was a perfect moment. \u00a0 And he had a bird&#8217;s eye view of the couple promising to love one another to eternity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Collective ahhhhhhhhh!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Practical note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>always have umbrellas handy for outdoor ceremonies<\/li>\n<li>have a few towels stashed away to wipe down wet seats<\/li>\n<li>keep your confetti in a dry place<\/li>\n<li>wellington boots sometimes come in handy!<\/li>\n<li>think about simple decorations for your &#8216;alternative indoor venue&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do when it&#8217;s an outdoor ceremony, the forecast is sun, but the black clouds loom? \u00a0This was the conundrum of the day. \u00a0It is always good to have a contingency plan if you want an outdoor ceremony (75% of my ceremonies booked for 2018 are outside). \u00a0In this case there was an alternative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3217,764,11811,3907],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humanist","category-non-religious","category-raining","category-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}