Elizabeth and John, June 21, 2008

For any of us that have lived and grown up in Wisconsin, we know that the odds of counting on the weather being perfect in almost any month is about as fruitless as spending $1 on a Powerball ticket and winning 53 million dollars. So on this Saturday in June when John and Elizabeth married in a completely outdoor ceremony and reception this is what they had to deal with

1. A perfect 75 degrees with not a smidgen of humidity
2. Gorgeous, glorious blue skies and puffy clouds
3. Neighbors who volunteered their homes and properties on the beautiful Lake Wisconsin for their use for the ceremony and reception.
4. I got not even ONE.SINGLE.MOSQUITO BITE IN NINE HOURS. Not one. In the woods, on a lake, in Wisconsin, at night.

It was the kind of day and night that makes you forget that a few months ago we were shoveling every other day and that we had a major snowstorm in March,and that we have some of the highest property taxes in the USA. It was one of those Wisconsin days that have you weeping over your Miller Genuine Draft while proclaiming your love for this state and singing "On Wisconsin" as the fireflies dance on one of those balmy evenings that you remember as a kid.

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