Monday, April 20, 2009

Phew! Little things on our return to Leeds

Hello everyone,
In the last 17 days I have slept in seven beds in four cities in two countries, so it's fair to say that I'm tired and I don't really know where I am. We have so many wonderful memories of the last two-and-a-bit weeks and would really like to say thank you to everybody who has helped us prepare, celebrate and relax following these times.

I'm not trying to produce anything in a coherent manner yet, but have a few things to share with everyone.

Firstly, the photographer has put a very large number of photos on his portfolio website, which can be accessed by clicking here. After clicking, there is an option in the top right hand corner to watch the pictures as a slideshow. Don't feel that you have to -there are more than 500 pictures on the site- but feel free to have a look through. Catherine and I have the unenviable task of looking through all of these and selecting just a small percentage of them for the wedding album.

Secondly, plenty of people have been asking us about our honeymoon. We had an amazing time and will very soon be able to provide proper and sensible pictures showing what we did. As these need to be developed (thanks to those who bought it on the Bliss List) all I have is the pictures Catherine decreed were not worth the film, development or association with her camera. As some of these were absolutely vital I had to use my phone to take them. My favourite of this is the first thing I saw out of the airport, which was the quite fabulous book vending machine:



60SEK for a paperback, with descriptions and short authors bios on the front and sides.

My other preferred picture is of the poster for the upcoming "Handful of Keys '09: Rhapsody in Rock" gig. A shame I had to miss the gig itself as it as it is happening in August:



Close inspection reveals that, sadly, it is his hair over his left eye and not an eye-patch. To make up for it though, you are absolutely correct in thinking that it is a keytar he is holding in the bottom right of the poster.

For some unknown reason, Catherine prefers the shot I took whilst trying to get my phone to work so I could take the picture above:



As I said in the post before the wedding, we have lots more to put on the blog, so do keep checking. Pretty soon I'm going to create an album on a site where people will be able to add their own photos. I'm hoping to rack up a number of photos equal to the photographer's website.

Thanks again for everyone's continued emotional and practical involvement in our wedding. Although things are getting back to some degree of normality we are made constantly aware of what a wonderful time we have had in the last few weeks and how special this has been to us. We hope to hear from you all very soon.

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