CRASHING A WEDDING

ONCE AGAIN, I NEVER KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO HAPPEN UPON DURING MY DAILY WALKS.

I HAVE WALKED EVERY STREET AND ALLEY IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD SO MANY TIMES THAT I AM STARTING TO DRIVE TO OTHER NEIGHBOURHOODS SO THAT I CAN PARK THE CAR AND WALK IN NEW SURROUNDINGS.

SO, THE OTHER DAY I WAS STROLLING THROUGH A NEARBY AREA AND WHEN I TURNED THE CORNER I WAS JUST IN TIME TO SEE A WEDDING BEING PREPARED. I ASKED THE ‘WEDDING PLANNER’ IF THIS MINIATURE GATHERING WAS PART OF A HUMAN WEDDING LATER IN THE DAY BUT THE ANSWER WAS ,”NOPE, THIS IS JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE….LIKE YOU!”

‘LAURA’ ALWAYS USES HER WEE DINOS IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON HER FRONT LAWN AND IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION SHE SAID THAT NO ONE HAD EVER STOLEN ANY OF HER TINY JURASSIC FRIENDS.

NEIGHBOURS HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED BY HER ‘PREHISTORIC ROCK CONCERT’, ‘BOXING MATCH’,’SOCCER GAME’,’CAMPING’, AND A ‘STREET CROSSING’ WITH ALL THE WARNING SIGNS. 

LAURA WORKS AS A MANAGER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS BY DAY (HER BACKGROUND IS SCIENCE/ECOLOGY) AND SHE TOLD ME IT RELAXED HER TO SEW THE MINIATURE COSTUMES AND SET UP THE DISPLAYS ON HER DAYS OFF. IT GIVES HER GREAT JOY TO WATCH ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE GET MANY GIGGLES FROM HER VIGNETTES.

I INTERRUPTED THE WEDDING (AND MY WALK) FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS I GOT TO KNOW THIS NEW FRIEND. LAURA IS ALSO INTO MUSIC AND HAS QUITE A COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS THAT SHE EITHER PLAYS OR HAS COLLECTED FROM HER TRAVELS. SHE IS OF IRISH DECENT AND ACTUALLY HAD TO CUT HER TRIP SHORT WITH FAMILY IN IRELAND WHERE SHE WAS SHEERING SHEEP(!)BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. SHE BROUGHT HOME AN IRISH DRUM(A BODHRÁN …PRONOUNCED ‘baRUN’) AND I ALSO CARTED ONE HOME LAST IRELAND VISIT.

WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION THAT THE WEDDING MUSICIANS WERE GETTING NERVOUS AND THE GUESTS STARTED TO DRINK (CHECK OUT THAT 4TH PHOTO…HA HA). I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME I MEET UP WITH MY NEW FRIEND.

IT WAS A ‘DINO-MITE’ EXPERIENCE TO ‘CRASH THIS WEDDING’.