The August Break 2011 - Day 6

just live the moment, no matter if it's summer and raining outside

Saturday was a crazy day. There was a husband sleeping, as the wife fed a baby sparrow that had fell from the nest into the apartment's balcony early in the morning. There were curious cats looking at it through the window. There were dark clouds on the sky. There were flower petals flying, mixed with rain drops. There were people dancing inside the church as we sung Al Green's "Let's stay together" over and over, because the rain wouldn't let us get out. There were wet feet, and wet hairdos. There were men in suits exchanging tires in the rain, and ladies in fancy dresses holding umbrellas over them.

And there was a very happy couple. And so were we.

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all photos by me 

Scenes from a wedding | Cenas de um casamento...

I must say I putted a lot thought into about whether we should offer the typical wedding favors. To tell the truth, the idea itself really annoys me... Key-chains and cigars were definitely out of the question. The concept eventually grew naturally, as our day began taking shape in our heads.
And, suddenly, yes. All made sense. It was not about giving away any crap that would be quickly buried in the bottom of a drawer, just because that's what people do at weddings. It was about giving a piece of ourselves, a piece of our love and share our experience. Share LOVE.

Devo dizer que ponderei bastante sobre se deveriamos ou não oferecer a típica lembrança de casamento. Para dizer a verdade, a ideia em si não me agradava muito...  Estava fora de questão oferecer porta-chaves ou charutos. O conceito acabou por ir crescendo naturalmente à medida que aquilo que desejávamos para o nosso dia tomava forma na nossa cabeça.
E, de repente, sim. Tudo começava a fazer sentido. Não se tratava de oferecer uma porcaria qualquer que iria parar rapidamente ao fundo de alguma gaveta, só porque é o que as pessoas fazem nos casamentos. Tratava-se de dar um pedaço de nós mesmos, um pedaço do nosso amor e partilhar a nossa experiência. Partilhar o AMOR.

mikado game | jogo mikado

Love is a game we can not play alone.

O amor é um jogo que não podemos jogar sozinhos.

tea bags | saquinhos de chá

Love is warm like a hug, tasty like a kiss and comforting as kind word...

O Amor é quente como um abraço, saboroso como um beijo e reconfortante como uma palavra...

cd's... the soundtrack of our day | cd's... a banda sonora do nosso dia

Love is a perfect melody that make us vibrate inside!

O Amor é uma melodia perfeita que nos faz vibrar por dentro!

jam jars | frascos de doce

Love is sweet! But gets bitter if not shared.

O Amor é doce! Mas azeda se não for partilhado.

Shakespeare -sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

De almas sinceras a união sincera Nada há que impeça: amor não é amor Se quando encontra obstáculos se altera, Ou se vacila ao mínimo temor. Amor é um marco eterno, dominante, Que encara a tempestade com bravura; É astro que norteia a vela errante, Cujo valor se ignora, lá na altura. Amor não teme o tempo, muito embora Seu alfange não poupe a mocidade; Amor não se transforma de hora em hora, Antes se afirma para a eternidade. Se isso é falso, e que é falso alguém provou, Eu não sou poeta, e ninguém nunca amou.

Let's make a toast! | Vamos brindar!

And when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, you find you are no longer two, but one. One root, One tree, One Love.