Monday Musings: {The Wedding Theme}

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I know there are women who have had their weddings planned in their heads for years...

Who have clipped and saved photos {and the modern version...pinned images...}

Who had the notebook under their beds just sitting on 'go' when the proposal came...

I am not one of those women. 

Getting the ball rolling in the wedding planning process was very overwhelming to me. 

One day, when I was puzzling over how in the world one chooses a wedding date, The Weather Man™  asked, "When have you always envisioned getting married?  What season?"

Good question.

I did not have a good answer.

I am happy to report that some big items have been checked off the list.

We have a date.

We have some of the main vendors booked.

We have save the date cards on the way.

I have ordered the dress. 

We have a "theme".

Our wedding reception will be a farm-to-table celebration.  

There will be food served that was produced on the premises.
Homegrown favors.
Decorative touches made by my mother, my future mother-in-law, and myself.
If the weather is nice, there will be lawn games at cocktail hour.
Families piling in for hayrides.

{Imagine the possibilities with those apples: jams, apple butter, pies, tarts, a glaze for the pork...?}

Depending on mother nature, and when Spring planting occurs, there will either be corn in the surrounding fields, or corn stalks.  For those of you who don't know, corn must dry before it is cut.
So, immediately before harvest, it is brown rather than a deep green.
I think there is a charm to both landscapes.
I'm alright with either one.
Which is good, because it is in His control, not mine.

  All photos in this post were taken during previous Septembers.

There is nothing quite like autumn sunlight, in my book.

Fall has always been a time for celebrations for farm families.
The harvest.
A time for gathering with loved ones, reaping, and giving thanks.

What better time of year for a farmer's daughter to get married?