{"id":568,"date":"2018-11-01T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quizzical-morning.flywheelsites.com\/dawnrees\/?p=568"},"modified":"2018-11-01T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:09:18","slug":"the-equinox-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/2018\/11\/01\/the-equinox-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Equinox Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-568 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=566'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2098-e1541094529244-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-566\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-566'>\n\t\t\t\tCeremonial arch\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=565'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2153-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-565\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-565'>\n\t\t\t\tFlowers in the bride&#8217;s hair\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=556'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_0478-e1541093553166-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-556\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-556'>\n\t\t\t\tarty barn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=554'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_0476-e1541093579703-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=553'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_0186-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-553\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-553'>\n\t\t\t\tLichen on the branches\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=552'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_4749-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-552\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-552'>\n\t\t\t\tThe bride is an artist and inspired the colour theme\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=551'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2107-e1541093595204-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-551\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-551'>\n\t\t\t\tThe guests were integral to the ceremony\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=550'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2165-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-550\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-550'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=549'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2141-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-549\" 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src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2113-e1541093618239-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-547\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-547'>\n\t\t\t\tAutumn shades\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=546'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2061-e1541093633292-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-546\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-546'>\n\t\t\t\tEquinox woodland wedding\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt 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gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-544'>\n\t\t\t\tColour pallette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=543'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2058-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=542'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2057-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-542\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-542'>\n\t\t\t\tColour pallette\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=540'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2055-e1541093652732-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-540\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-540'>\n\t\t\t\tthese adorned the steps up to the house in the woods\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=539'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2054-e1541093664909-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-539\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-539'>\n\t\t\t\tEven the presents were colour-coordinated\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/?attachment_id=538'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/11\/IMG_2099-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-538\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-538'>\n\t\t\t\tThe arch\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The bride was an artist in the true sense of the word.  And she is an artist in real life!  I first met the couple in the depths of winter. Immediately we hit it off and I knew their wedding would be a magical experience for everyone. Including me.  It was!  The photographs say it all &#8211; well nearly all.  This gorgeous and devoted couple are very private and didn&#8217;t want photos of themselves &#8211; you will have to believe me when I say that they looked stunning.  The ceremony was held on the Equinox. In a wood. The colour palette was perfect for the occasion and the season &#8211; purple, orange, pink, yellow, red and green. The wedding was perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine this&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;  a bright, crisp autumn day in the woods. The sky a brilliant blue and the sun twinkled through the branches &#8211; with leaves just turning gold and orange.  All the guests met round a fire pit and later were joined by the couple and we all had hot apple juice. Then we walked through the woods to the ceremony site itself with bales and chairs placed in an arc around the decorated archway.  The couple walked in after us to the haunting voice of Annie Lennox singing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L5I6I33qDY0\">Love Song for a Vampire<\/a>  It is their story.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, a precious unity candle, readings and a seven-ribbon hand-fasting; a mandala stone (painted by the bride) for a well-wishing stone-warming whilst we signed the certificate, and the bride and groom played out by friends on their fiddles.  This ceremony told their story of love, steadfastness and joy.  It was beautiful, dignified, significant, memorable. I shall not forget it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Come into these arms again<br \/>\nAnd lay your body down<br \/>\nThe rhythm of this trembling heart<br \/>\nIs beating like a drum<br \/>\nIt beats for you, it bleeds for you<br \/>\nIt know not how it sound<br \/>\nFor it is the drum of drums<br \/>\nIt is the song of songs<br \/>\nOnce I had rarest rose<br \/>\nThat ever deigned to bloom<br \/>\nCruel winter chilled the bud<br \/>\nAnd stole my flower too soon<br \/>\nOh loneliness, oh hopelessness<br \/>\nTo search the ends of time<br \/>\nFor there is in all the world<br \/>\nNo greater love than mine<br \/>\nLove, oh love, oh love<br \/>\nStill falls the rain (still falls the rain)<br \/>\nLove, oh love, oh, love<br \/>\nStill falls the night<br \/>\nLove, oh love, oh love<br \/>\nBe mine forever (be mine forever)<br \/>\nLove, oh love, oh love<br \/>\nLet me be the only one<br \/>\nTo keep you from the cold<br \/>\nNow the floor of heaven&#8217;s lain<br \/>\nWith stars of brightest gold<br \/>\nThey shine for you, they shine for you<br \/>\nThey burn for all to see<br \/>\nCome into these arms again<br \/>\nAnd set this spirit free<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bride was an artist in the true sense of the word. And she is an artist in real life! I first met the couple in the depths of winter. Immediately we hit it off and I knew their wedding would be a magical experience for everyone. Including me. It was! The photographs say it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11817,11821,11822,3217,11823,3907,11820,11819],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-equinox","tag-autumn","tag-colours","tag-humanist","tag-outoors","tag-wedding","tag-yourway","tag-yourwedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","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=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}