Last Friday was the Royal Wedding. They were broadcasting it at the Imperial Gardens during the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. I'll admit, I teared up just a bit whenever the crown cheered and raised their flags. (I also cry during parades, road races, and any other large scale crowd gathering event.) There were little kids wearing crowns, tiara's and wedding veils. People wearing paper faces of the Queen, William, Harry and Kate. And yes, there were more than a handful of women dressed in wedding attire. There were picnics and champagne and general well wishing. And a mumble through the crowd as everyone said to the person standing next to them "For richer or richer" instead of "for richer or poorer".
As I mentioned, this is also the weekend of the Jazz Festival. Jamie Cullum was the hot ticket that I would have given up eating for a week to watch, but his concert was sold out before the tickets were actually released on line. There was also Cleo Lane, whom I saw in concert a long time ago and wasn't really my favorite so not in a huge rush to see her again. Mostly I've walked around, enjoyed the sunshine, listened to the free bands in the open stage (lots of high school jazz bands etc) and perused the shopping stalls.
Nothing says "jazz" like garlic...
I also wanted to share with you my run venue this past week. I love that a five miler can take me from town center to country side. On Tuesday a herd of cattle were grazing through this field. Of course by the time I could run the route again on Friday the cows had gone off to graze elsewhere. Nevertheless, I love the tree, yellow flowers and wooden fence.

4 comments:
incredible Heidi! I need to come and visit. Your photos of the countryside are breathtaking!I officially want an English cottage one day. Jeff says to "add it to the list" :)
What beautiful pictures. What an incredible experience you're having! And, ha, ha... I can totally picture your wedding reception as a parade. You'd have to give the non-creative guests (like me) ideas on what kind of floats to make!
Ha ha ha...Cara, I mean that I want to have a "just married" float in a real parade. Probably not something national like the D.C. Fourth of July, but a small town parade or something. :)
I'd be very interested in some potatoes and sausage--how crazy was that spread???
And can I say, that gorgeous picture of the tree had me thinking that mayhaps you were on your way to meet Mr. Darcy. Stunning pictures all around!!! :)
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