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Mar. 22nd, 2010 02:35 pmWell, we had a wonderful anniversary.
It's almost impossible to think we've been married fifteen years.
I must admit that I still congratulate myself on our choice of dates. It was particularly clever to arrange the wedding right at the change of season. The gardens are already beginning to bud and the lawns are simply soaking up the rain to turn lush and green. It's as if with each new year of our marriage, we also watch the world renew itself.
It's also amusing (though not unexpected) that we both chose traditional crystal for our gifts to one another. I don't know how long ago Lucius made his selection, but it's divine - a little timepiece with crystals set in the bracelet, each one charmed with a different useful cantrip. For myself, I had a terrible time making up my mind between a scrying crystal or continuing my update of the St James' house by replacing the chandeliers. In the end I decided on both, since the scrying crystal is such a trinket, really.
It was quite an intimate day, not least due to Regulus' absence and Bella's continued diligence on behalf of Our Lord's investigation into the traitors who abetted the spread of paralysis, but Mother did come over for tea and then Lucius had arranged for La Brasserie to bring in supper for the two of us. We had langoustines in a light broth and duck with artichoke hearts for starters; Lucius had the veal and I had a lobster salad with grilled scallops; and a soufflé for pudding. Everything was simply marvellous; I hope Fifi took instruction.
Thank you, dear husband. It is humbling and gratifying to think that, fifteen years later, we are still as happy as the day we wed.
It's almost impossible to think we've been married fifteen years.
I must admit that I still congratulate myself on our choice of dates. It was particularly clever to arrange the wedding right at the change of season. The gardens are already beginning to bud and the lawns are simply soaking up the rain to turn lush and green. It's as if with each new year of our marriage, we also watch the world renew itself.
It's also amusing (though not unexpected) that we both chose traditional crystal for our gifts to one another. I don't know how long ago Lucius made his selection, but it's divine - a little timepiece with crystals set in the bracelet, each one charmed with a different useful cantrip. For myself, I had a terrible time making up my mind between a scrying crystal or continuing my update of the St James' house by replacing the chandeliers. In the end I decided on both, since the scrying crystal is such a trinket, really.
It was quite an intimate day, not least due to Regulus' absence and Bella's continued diligence on behalf of Our Lord's investigation into the traitors who abetted the spread of paralysis, but Mother did come over for tea and then Lucius had arranged for La Brasserie to bring in supper for the two of us. We had langoustines in a light broth and duck with artichoke hearts for starters; Lucius had the veal and I had a lobster salad with grilled scallops; and a soufflé for pudding. Everything was simply marvellous; I hope Fifi took instruction.
Thank you, dear husband. It is humbling and gratifying to think that, fifteen years later, we are still as happy as the day we wed.
