Fairytale Winter Wedding in Wicklow

Just back from Wicklow where we attended our nephew, Luke's wedding to his fiance, Aimee. Now to say it was cold would be underestimating it. It was the coldest spell in forty years!

The view from the Woodenbridge Hotel. Brrrrrrrrrr! Aspen in Ireland.

The Woodenbridge Hotel nestled in the Wicklow mountains. Opened in 1924 and full of vintage charm.

 

These are the icicles in the ditch outside the hotel.

Yes, I know, snow does not impress ye' who live with lots of it but we do not usually get snow of any kind....Well the country almost came to a halt and some people are virtually stranded in their homes. The secondary roads are treacherous so there was lots of worry about people getting down to county Wicklow for the wedding.

Paul and I were bringing Nana, so we headed out the day before and stayed in a lovely hotel, The Woodenbridge Hotel in Avoca. 

Well somehow - most people made it and a great day was had by all. Here are the lovely couple.....

Elegance in motion...Aimee glides up the aisle as her dad beams proudly.....and scattered on the floor are pink rose petals.

Second from left is my nephew, Sam and third from left Danny his brother.

There is no doubt that we have beautiful brides here......

 

 

The VERY happy couple! Luke is wearing Willa's tie.

Below - in pink is the flowergirl, Aimee's sister and Luke holds the Ring Fairy! yes, this little one brought up the rings on her wand at the church.

Oh - and I don't have any pics yet but the church was amazingly decorated with ivy, baby's breath and hundreds of candles by my niece, celebrated Irish designer, Sally Sweetman, Luke's sister. Quite beautiful. I'll get some pics of it later. Very talented designer and decorator our Sally!

The beautiful wedding cake was decorated with handmade sugar roses and their initials by the bridesmaid. Just look at the fine details of this wonderful confection.
 

  

I love the cute little bird. This was the design on the invitations and the bridesmaid copied it for the cake. How talented are our bridesmaids! More of little birds later.

Here she is next to Aimee. The bridesmaids wore pewter coloured draping dresses made by a friend of the bride. How talented...etc.

GORGEOUS YOUNG IRISH MEN AVAILABLE (contact me for ph. no's  ---(at a price ;-))

We sure have handsome young men here in Ireland. Some of these are single and up for grabs!
 Come on over and grab yourself a bachelor! No, not the one in the middle - he is spoken for.

More handsome men....The groomsmen with auntie Angie, Daniel left and Sam on right. Brothers of the groom

Talking about handsome men ...here is Paul looking very dapper in his grey suit and, and, and...yes, his DrWho Scarf!

which is long enough for three it seems. Left is Angie and right is my sister and mother of the groom, Catherine.

Here is Paul again proving what I have always said...The sun shines out of ...... his shoulder?!

Pic also shows left to right. Ed, Angie's husband, Sam, brother of groom and Martin, father of groom.

Sistahs are doin' it for each other.

"Can you see to put in my earring?"  "No, I haven't got my glasses but I'll try"

"Oh wait a minute, she is going to foc-us...POSE!

 Mother of the groom with her sister (and mine) Angie.

(Hey girls - I can Photoshop yis for a price!) (oh, and you left your cup of vodka on the windowsill behind yis' :-)

...and as Nana puts her best foot forward in the ice and snow...Angie pretends to be carrying her walking stick but I know she is using it to keep her feet under her. And will ye' look at Dr Who? Helping Nana (by holding on to her zimmer frame) yeah, right.

 Along the journey I snapped some nice photos for you ...this is a fairytale type gatelodge house in Avoca.

and in Redcross village is this original 1920's shopfront.

As we were driving along I took this picture of the sunset declaring " Oh what a beautifully coloured sunset". ...to which Paul said dryly "You are taking that picture through a tinted window" Smirk, smirk.

Serves  me right for accusing him of scuttin' (hitching a lift) on an old lady's zimmerframe. LOL

 

 

Now for a strange tale.....As I told you we brought my mother, Nana, down a day early to the hotel. That evening we had a nice meal and were toasting our toes at a blazing fire and saying how Willa would be sorely missed at the wedding. At that we pulled up a spare seat for him and invited him to join us in spirit for a nightcap. We put his tie on the seat as you can see in the photo and chatted with him as if he was there.

 

Mam was saying how strange things had happened in her house that convinced her that he was around her at all times.

Now, I am the world's biggest sceptic ("Ooooh, I'm an athiest - thank God!") bieng my fav. quote) ...but jokingly l said to Willa " If you are at the wedding will ye' give us a sign?"

The next day as we waited at the same fire to go to the marquee for the meal Paul said "Will you just look at that! A robin"

And so there was... he hopped around the furniture as I tried to snap a photo.

 

 

Here is the last shot I got of him. I love this photo.
 

He seemed to disappear but we were told that he was now in the bar. Yeah, that was Willa all right. I wonder if he sneaked a sip of anyone's Guinness. I just had time to snap this picture before we had to leave for the meal. It shows the little robin singing in the bar.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your mini trip to county Wicklow. I sure did. See you soon...Pam



 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[kimme of irish cottage dreams]

Beautiful pictures and definitely a beautiful couple.
The bride looks so lovely!

Glad to hear you made it to the wedding safely.
I wondered how you all did on the roads.
I stayed home and watched the movie "Tara Road"
... so good!

Hope you all thaw out soon!

hugs~kimme

[Angelyn]

What a lovely wedding..and you are right, the bride is beautiful...and the groom is quite handsome as well. I'm glad to see Paul looking so well.
Oh and the cake.....divine...I love wedding cake.

[Twiggy]

Beautiful pics and what a gorgeous couple. That was definitely Willa, our loved ones never leave us.
twiggy x
PS Paul looks fab in his scarf

[Lorraine]

Fabulous photos Pam of a very lovely wedding and beautiful bride and groom.

Well it may have been a tinited window but still looks like a beautiful sunset to me!

[tracey]

That felt as though I was there! Brilliant pictures of a lovely day.... Yep, that was Willa alright.....xxxxxxxxxxx

[kimme]

Glad i checked back in to see the new photos, they are great! :)

Everyone is looking wonderful. Paul looks very good and I
love his scarf. I can't believe the Robin! What a wonderful
sign that your father is always there with you all. I hope he
got a nice sip of guinness in the bar :)

hugs~kimme

[amy]

Wonderful post. Thanks for allowing me to come along for the journey!! LOVE the Robin!!!
Amy

[Marlyn in NM]

What a handsome couple! So glad you made it safely. It looks like there was a good time had by all.

Hugs,
Marilyn in NM

[Kelly]

LOVE the pics, thanks for sharing them.

[Val]

It looks like a fab wedding and the robin was certainly Willa. How lovely that he came back to visit.
My mum and I have had some many signs of Dad it's very re-assuring.

[Microsoft Office 2010]

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