Charley and Jennifer (family friend) learn to make "droapkie" (no idea how it is spelled but this is how it sounds) from Elena, (cousin of groom's mom) and expert at "droapkie" making. She is a surgeon - her other expertise - so you can be sure the results are superb. These confections are tubes of puff pastry filled with cream.
Minus the cream - the tubes of pastry are waiting.
The wedding was held in a frest about an hour and a half north-east of Toronto. Beautiful setting, the autumn leaves golden and luminous with sparks of red. This is the calvacade of cars heading to the reception centre to set up the room for the following day's wedding.
The lovely room before the work is done
Fearless Charley up the ladder hanging the paper lanterns.
Lavender for the centreplace decorations on the table.
Groomsman, Ryan - hatted - and two of my fabulous nephews, The Groom - James on the right, Mike, in the middle.
My neice, Helen, of whom I always say "I want to be Helen when I grow up."
Refreshments - Anderson style- always an abundance - as with the food, we always want to have enough! Rest assured we had enough and there were leftovers for return.
Love is indeed sweet. I am so happy to have had such a long and wonderful visit with my family, and to attend the wedding of James and Jess.
My next post will have a few photos of the wedding in the forest.
This magpie photo was taken before Christmas on a brilliant blue sky day, as was the second photo taken along the Bow River path. Lately we have had very grey skies (especially in the mornings) expected for the deep of winter but not as cheering for the soul as the famous Alberta blue sky winter days. Today, January 4th, my friend Sylvie and I went to the horse stables area for a good walk with the dogs. Chilly but not bone-chilling as it is predicted to be later tonight and for a few days. Tsoya (sp?) and Elli love to go for adventures together and they cetainly had fun this morning snuffling in the snow and trying to decipher scents and find tunneling creatures under the drifts of snow. The horses don't spend the winter at the Banff stables - they all go to winter homes and return in the spring. The coyotes have the run of the place in the winter and I was glad we didn't see any this morning. The last two photos are back in town. A vista of Cascade mountain from town - then Ariel (golden lab) and Elli and I walking one morning with Charley !!!! 
