The Wedding Whisperer.....

 

 

When you live on a tropical oasis

 

a botanical garden, of sorts,
housing chickens and bulldogs and rescued cats

 

and have a cool old house

full of local history
...and are a gourmet cook

and surround yourself with talented folks
::cough::.Local designer Jesse Nartker and  Savoir Faire were bar none. impeccable. and creating, perfecting to the last minute. ::cough::

AND put together the most beautiful weddings on said property

you might be a Wedding Whisperer

...Like Jann.

Being the proverbial wedding crasher
yep. done it here...before
Cuz who doesn't love watching weddings being set up, I ask?
I couldn't resist a chance to lurk around behind a camera.
Join me....at a brunch wedding...chicken and waffles is on the menu!

They were still setting up....Had plans for more beauty...and food...
A huge tent over their driveway
again connecting to their garage is where the festivities will take place.
The garage happens to have a caterer kitchen in it...

as well as Girls and Boys separate bathrooms...in. the. garage.
Your's too?
Yeah...I thought so.

 

The pool in all it's sparkle
played off of the blue and brown color theme
with several  cozy seating areas
 on the other side of the garage/tent

 

The Summer House...around the corner joined in on the fun

bedecked with more blue paper lanterns

 

This property Oasis is truly amazing.

paths meander

ponds stocked with Koi lazily bubble

 

 

The wedding ceremony will take place on the West side of the Oasis

under a driftwood

trellis

and witnessed by the old hens

 

 

who have their own lovely abode!

 

 

The chickens have a chandelier! I could happily live with them...

 

The food looked like it was going to be fun and extraordinary

and plentiful...

 



Including these cinnamon rolls made by neighbor LeeAnn

of The Sugar Shack fame.

The drinks...also plentiful...looked as fun!

 

 

 

Love these little bottles of local Natalies orange juice
and Lemonades....Even more fitting as the brides name is
Natalie!

A cake cloaked in white...and simple blue thistle flower was charming 

 

 

Sweet jars of honey will go home with the guests

Every detail was as splendid as the next

 

 

 

She and her team truly are the Wedding Whisperer.

 

Me?

just hanging with the old hens

and their chandelier.

sigh.

 

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What have we been doing??

~The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt
within the heart       ~Helen Keller

.... These last few weeks

we have been particularly busy

with a brand new

little...well big...girl.

Meet PEARL.

 

She found her way into our hearts and home

when someone clued me into

a Great Dane that needed a home

and probably would not find one. Ever.

You see, Pearl the Girl has some very special needs.

She hasn't noticed however.

She is all full of the whim and vinegar

that any 13 month old puppy has.

Smarter than a whip... She opens all and any doors.

She has fallen into the pool....swam...and pulled herself out

phew.

 

She comes on a morning run on a 15 foot lead with Finnegan

and has learned to sit and lay down to touch command

She is Happy. She is confident. She is exhausting

She is a teacher.

 

We had no Idea how she would react during our long trip home

She adopted us.

and trusted us.

Finnegan has been a most patient and kind teacher

she puppy bows...sits in his spot....eggs him on.

he yawns

accepts

and now we catch them walking in the yard

she has already mapped it out...and the house.

and lying down together

 

 

she has gotten up on the counter to get into the cookie jar

pulled the lid off said jar

and dropped it smashing onto the floor.

Been into the garbage enough times, that a locking garbage can was just purchased.

In that first week I was compelled to watch The Helen Keller movie The Miracle Worker.

while watching... she chewed buttons off the pillow and tried to climb onto the table.

Our little own Helen Keller. Sigh.

which she tends to be called more so than Pearl.

 

She is blind and deaf due to breeding...uninformed backyard breeders, or puppy mills trying to breed "designer Danes" and using two Merles causing a potential "lethal White".

She was bought from such a place....for $3000 dollars

...and before we rescued her

they had intentions of breeding her

to her brother. Hopefully getting the color they wanted...but to what result?!?

Both she and her brother ended up in a Great Dane Rescue down South when the owner developed cancer. Neither were spayed or neutered. She...luckily...had not gone into heat.

She would have been euthanized in a regular shelter.

So...

 

Here we are. Learning from, Living with and Loving our newest family member.

We wanted YOU to meet her too.

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