Last night we had visitors at the shop. C has a nephew, some ten years his junior, who got married last Saturday. We were invited at the wedding in Athens but we didn't go. We'd have to close the shop at 3p.m., then drive some seven hours to Athens, which means we'd be exhausted and we'd only make it for the wedding dinner. So, although his parents are among C's most loved relatives, we told them that we wouldn't be attending, when they were visiting for another wedding a few weeks ago, and we gave the couple their present, an organic woolen comforter from our shop, yesterday.
C's nephew is a very nice young man, and we got to meet his wife, too. She is a person very much to my taste and temper, not flashy, very down to earth, hard working and with, on top of everything else, very good taste.
They are honeymooning in the area and they stopped by to say hello. They brought us our bonboniere as is the custom, with some extras for relatives who did not attend the wedding.
The ivory colored boxes were tied with two kinds of pink ribbons, and had a heart charm tied on top. Inside there is hard candy, traditionally an almond covered with a sugary coat. There were also pink ones with a cocoa fill as is a la mode.
Our new niece apparently designed and made them herself, which is not usually the case. She did not tell me that, and I didn't ask, but as I opened the box tonight to get a picture, there wasn't a label of the firm that would have made them, as usual. Oh, sweet, eager hands!..
I wish them every happiness.
Many thanks to Cindy of My Romantic Home for hosting a beautiful Show and Tell. Be blessed.


























