The problem with getting married outside in New England in April is you never know what sort of weather surprise Mother Nature will throw at you. After a week of sunny days and summer-like temperatures, Saturday was brisk, cloudy, and threatening rain. Like April brides who wouldn’t be daunted by mere weather, Leslee and I remained faithful to our plan for a Saturday day-trip to Boston where we browsed the galleries on Newbury Street and took a quick, chilly jaunt through the Public Garden. This time of year, the Public Garden is green and tulip-studded, perfect in pictures. But if you’re a bride in a strapless dress on a 40-degree and overcast day, you’re blushing from cold, not modesty.
Leslee’s posted some lovely pictures of a springy Saturday in the park, and here’s a glimpse of the Boston skyline as seen from the greening Garden. Is it any wonder that folks stroll, take pictures, and get married here even on cold and overcast April Saturdays? (Click here for a larger version.)
Apr 24, 2006 at 11:51 am
Nice pics. NY weather is so freaky these days…
Apr 26, 2006 at 10:49 am
Yes, it’s been a weird spring! Today here in New Hampshire, it’s sunny and mild, so this weekends chilliness is all forgiven!
Apr 26, 2006 at 12:36 pm
She is very brave to risk all of April’s wide range of weather!
Apr 27, 2006 at 12:38 am
Southern California has become as mercurial as New England, I’m afraid. It’s raining again tonight. Beautiful photos. Ah, the happy bride the sun shines on. Hmm. The sun shone on my wedding–what happened? Did it shine at yours?
Apr 27, 2006 at 10:04 am
Yes, it takes a brave bride to schedule an April wedding: there’s a *reason* why June weddings are so common!
Fran, I was married on a cold & drizzly November day, like Herman Melville’s “damp November in my soul.” Whatever was I thinking?