KASSANDRA & MATT'S SUMMER CAMP WEDDING WEEKEND | a wedding at camp tamakwa muskoka
"... it doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine and your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me who you are, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back ..."
It's pretty hard to sum up this day, in words or in images, because Kass & Matt's day wasn't just a day, it was a weekend away in the wilderness of Algonquin Park, at a camp only accessible by boat. It wasn't just two people, it was a whole group of people, living in cabins and roasting marshmallows on the fire every night.... and it was beautiful and amazing because of what Kassandra told us the morning of her wedding day, heading to the dining hall for breakfast. She told us that being up there at Camp Tamakwa, that this was her idea of paradise.....[audio:https://jennanddavestark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/04-Sun1.mp3,https://jennanddavestark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/04-Sun1.mp3|titles=Sun,Sun|artists=Jonsi,Jonsi]
We had the best time, the absolute best! I can't even put it into words accurately. We can't thank Matt & Kass enough for their 100% trust of our eyes and hearts to document their weekend as it happened, and we would do it again in a heartbeat, really we would. xo, jennCamp Tamakwa in Algonquin Park, Canada | if it looks familiar, you might have seen this movie! | September 2012
GILLIAN & PAT MARRIED IN PARRY SOUND | a crane lake muskoka wedding
o my luve is like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in june....
o my luve is like the melodie that's sweetly played in tune....
Weddings are by very nature a coming together of two families, but when the two families are French-Canadian and Scottish, it's a real treat and makes for the most fun day filled with kilts, Robbie Burns poems and lovely accents on both accounts! We love that Pat and Gill chose a spot in the wilderness north of the city to get married, a place where they could invite all their friends to spend a couple of days in the middle of the summer with them, to swim in the lake and play frisbee with the dogs, and to watch them get married out in the sun. This was such a fun day to be a part of, one of my favourite parts being Pat's reaction to seeing Gill for the first time.... they met up by the cabins right before the ceremony so that they could walk over together and I think Pat's face seeing his lovely 'luve' pretty much says it all about these two. Thanks so much you guys for having us there. xo, jenn
Crane Lake Resort | Parry Sound, July 2012