{32 Years ago on November 10}

It all went so fast; too fast!

But I guess that's not ONLY my problem.

HAPPY LOOKING AT MY NEW HUSBAND PIETER

We flew back two days before, from Atlanta, Georgia USA to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and by train with our dachshund Mauzie, to Horst aan de Maas in the South.

Here we are in the City hall of Horst aan de Maas.

The Registrar to the left, Pieter, me, brother Piet who was witness, his fiancé Rianne, Mom & Dad

The Registrar performing the Civil Wedding Ceremony.

Pieter's Mom to the left and my youngest brother Jan to the right, next to Rianne.

Pieter's eldest brother Thé, to the left and my brother Piet to the right; our two witnesses.
Some close friends were there as well, including dear friend Ellie who made these pictures and picked up Pieter's Mom at he nursing home.

White roses from Pieter's Goddaughter...

Pieter signing...

Me signing the BEST contract ever!

Done deal; for LIFE!

My brother Piet underwrites our Civil Matrimony 

Jet-lag... arrived the day before on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from Atlanta to Amsterdam, but feeling HAPPY!

Pieter's brother Thé signing our Civil Matrimony.

Sad that the 3 loved ones to the left in this photo, are no longer with us...

Pieter's Mom, Thé and my Mom are all in heaven.
And now Dad too has joined them.

We both lost a lot of our hair over those 32 years but everything is still sealed inside our hearts. 

Fond memories with true happiness forever.

The Registrar hands us the Marriage License.

Mom & Dad congratulating us...

Dad kissing his eldest daughter...

Brother Piet's then fiancé Rianne, now happily married with two grown up children.

Sweet Sister-In-Law Dora who did provide a festive evening for us at her home.

My youngest brother Jan, who together with my brother Piet sat at Mom's death bed...

He was the only one that took a day off from work to be present.

The others blamed us for not having mailed out wedding invitations so they could get a paid day off from work!

Due to Pieter's ex not wanting to sign the divorce papers for half a year, we had no choice but to arrange things via the phone from the USA and fly back to our birth country The Netherlands.

Thank you sweet Dora for all you did for us during your life!

We will meet again in heaven and so happy that we had a chance to pamper them when they came to visit us in 1992...

Related links:
{25-Year Anniversary of our Church Wedding in Chile quietly passed by} | previous post by me
{Miracle in Chile - the country where we both got married!} | previous post by me
{Angels engraved on lucky calendar coin of 1969} | previous post by me with our love story...

{Aptenia Cordifolia or Heartleaf Ice Plant}

One of our Pot Plants that performed very well was the Aptenia Cordifolia or Heartleaf Ice Plant

This herbaceous perennial is such a tropical gem from South Africa!

No it's NOT a succulent...

Photos are all taken on October 10, this one at a moment with less sunshine...

Sometimes we get lucky and are able to catch a lovely butterfly!

Here you see the cloudless sulphur, Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus)

All tones of yellow with our retaining wall in Golden Mist by Benjamin Moore

Hope you enjoyed the Heartleaf Ice Plant and Cloudless sulphur butterfly!

{In Memory of Mom}

From a sweet dear friend that knew Mom very well, we received some special Camellias in honor of Mom, around the time that Mom passed away on January 27, 2015.

Perfect timing as they were blooming a couple of days before All Saints and All Souls Day.

Friend B said that she chose this Camellia with a touch of pink because it resembled the softness of Mom...

THANKS again sweet Friend!

These are the CAMELLIA SASANQUA (northern lights) with beautiful long stamens.

A rather drab picture, taken during dark days. We've had lots of rainy days, followed by some dreary looking dark days.

But we are very proud of this young Camellia shrub that did bloom so well before the rain knocked down its petals.

The weather is rather typical for All Saints & All Souls Day...

Being born into the R. Catholic Church, in The Netherlands, we also celebrate All Saints' Sunday at the Christ Episcopal Church here in Dublin.

Our Church Family did mention Mom as well...
Mom will be also mentioned in her Dutch R. C. home Church of H. Lambertus in Horst, The Netherlands. on Sunday, November 8, during the NONES at 3:00 PM where they too will honor all those that past away since last year's All Saints & All Souls.
Note: NONES - (Christian Church) the ninth hour after prime or sunrise; the devotional service performed then.
In Dutch it is called LOF.

Sadly however, the Priest, Dr. James Arthur Johnson who did her 6-week Mass, died on August 18 himself...

He did such an excellent job on March 15, 2015...

It meant so much to both of us, doing so in the Church where Mom knelt with us in prayer during her four visits to the USA as well as in the R. Catholic Church where we used to attend.

May ALL our loved ones that died in the past year and before R.I.P.

Related links:
{R.I.P. Dear Mom} | previous post by me - sorry I was forced to take down all my special photos from Mom... upon demand from some toxic relatives. May God forgive them!
{ALL SAINTS DAY | ALL SOULS DAY} | previous post by me