Bleeding Espresso

4 September 2008

love thursday: remnants of a wedding

Weddings are normally a big affair in southern Italy–think several *hundred* people invited–but sometimes couples choose to get married just in the comune in a simple ceremony. In mid-August, we had one of those here in the village, and this is what was left afterwards.

Lots of (heart-shaped) confetti:

Candy on the street:

And one little girl doing her part to clean the place up:

Yes, she’s using her skirt to hold the candies:

How cute is she?!

Happy Love Thursday everyone!

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26 beans of wisdom to “love thursday: remnants of a wedding”

Saretta on 04 Sep 2008 at 9:15 am #

I’m glad you show someone cleaning up…otherwise I was going to feel obliged to talk about typical Italian attitudes to letting things lie where they fall and littering in general! And, yes, she is cute!

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Well, it *is* an issue, and I was thinking the same thing…that if *I* had gotten married and done that, I’d make sure someone was there cleaning up (this little girl was really only grabbing candy!). Luckily we have great netturbini here who do a great job of keeping our streets clean, otherwise that stuff could’ve been around for weeks…..
casalba on 04 Sep 2008 at 9:15 am #

What a beautiful set of pictures! They paint the scene perfectly.

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This scene was too precious to *not* immortalize in photos. I actually stumbled across it on my way home and then returned with my camera
Gil on 04 Sep 2008 at 10:15 am #

The little girl is just sooo cute! Holding her skirt to store the candy reminds me of one of my Mother’s old Sicilian aunts holding eggs as she took the eggs from the nests in the coops at her home in Upstate NY.

My neighbor uses her apron to bring figs, etc., to me
Maryann on 04 Sep 2008 at 11:02 am #

What a cutie!
I do the same thing when gathering up stringbeans! I hold them in my shirt or apron..haha
Hope you are well!
Hugs!
Maryann xox

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Hee hee…inherited habits die hard Maryann
Roam2Rome on 04 Sep 2008 at 11:06 am #

She is cute… and looking at you wondering what in the world is Shell up to?

Hearts and candy are welcomed any day… especially – oh – right about now
(catching a funny something called newsjunkitis -know the cure? Plz!)

Happy love Thursday!

After that last photo, she actually kind of scurried away…I think she thought I was taking evidence photos or something even though I tried to reassure her that it was just an adorable scene
nyc/caribbean ragazza on 04 Sep 2008 at 12:38 pm #

great photo of the little girl. too cute.

I agree with Roam2Rome…hearts and candy are a good thing.

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She was a reluctant subject, but too cute not to click the photos
Louise on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:04 pm #

That is SUPER sweet !! That girl is adorable!

Aren’t those curls just too precious?!
Conchi on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:12 pm #

Hi!! In Spain, we do the same, and when i was child, I like to do it. Remenbers… HLT!!
Kisses

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Happy to bring up happy memories for you Conchi!
ELK on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:27 pm #

michelle this is charming ~ hope your day is sweet HLT

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Thanks, same to you
Kim B. on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:27 pm #

Sigh . . .so sweet! We’re lucky you always have your eyes open! And your camera nearby.

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Glad you enjoyed
lucy on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:45 pm #

Love…ly as always!

children are beautiful like love and sweet like candy!

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So true!
erin :: the olive notes on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:56 pm #

I love how there is always heart-confetti in the streets after a wedding in Italy

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This is actually the first I’ve seen it! They don’t normally do confetti down here I guess?
Wendy on 04 Sep 2008 at 2:57 pm #

Fabulous photos!!

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Thanks Wendy!
Scintilla on 04 Sep 2008 at 3:31 pm #

Is the confetti giving you and P any ideas???
Your Live Feed keeps showing me as arriving from Belgium. Luxembourg is NOT in BELGIUM !!
Grrrr : -)

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No ideas, and don’t worry–I sometimes come up as being in Sicily on that feed on others’ sites, which is *so* not the same as Calabria
Milanese Masala on 04 Sep 2008 at 3:41 pm #

Great pics! In the last one the girl looks a bit peeved, like you caught her out. Adorable!

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She was definitely not happy with me….
AscenderRisesAbove on 04 Sep 2008 at 3:54 pm #

cute cute cute

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JennDZ_The LeftoverQueen on 04 Sep 2008 at 5:30 pm #

Awww! How cute! What great photos! Did you see any of the wedding?

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Only from the outside, and actually, that’s how most of the actual guests saw it. The comune is tiny inside, so there were actually probably 50 people outside just waiting for the ceremony to be over so they could continue on to the reception.
Deb R on 04 Sep 2008 at 6:27 pm #

Hi Michelle, thanks for stopping by my blog! I love Italy and would move there in a heart beat!

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Come on over Deb
Jane on 04 Sep 2008 at 8:03 pm #

How awesome! I like the idea of a simple ceremony. I’ve done the big one once. I’m set to get married again in September 2009 and I think I like the idea of a small, private ceremony the 2nd time around.

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Jane! I had no idea! I’m a big fan of the simple ceremony myself…I mean, to each her own, of course, but for me, the fewer people the better. I like the intimacy of it
Chel on 05 Sep 2008 at 2:27 am #

Come on, now… you’ve gathered candy in your skirt before, right?

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Hah, not lately unfortunately….
Susan on 05 Sep 2008 at 5:18 am #

One of my cousins in Casabona just married a few weeks ago, unfortunately we could not attend, but I was told her Mother and all the Aunt’s and both Nonna’s cooked all the feast for well over a hundred guests…remarkable! Simple, delicious and healthy Calabrian fare; what could nicer to share with your loved ones?

Sounds great to me Susan! Sorry you couldn’t make it this time, but I’m sure someone else will be getting married again soon enough
Louise on 06 Sep 2008 at 12:13 am #

I like the heart confetti idea- so much more original than birdseed.

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I think it’s rather adorable too
Delina on 06 Sep 2008 at 10:58 pm #

She’s got great hair! Using your skirt to hold more candy – so wise, so young

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Taking after Nonna I’m sure
Shan on 07 Sep 2008 at 5:09 pm #

I haven’t seen confetti at a wedding in years! The little girl is a adorable and one smart cookie too.

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I love the cleverness too
Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) on 07 Sep 2008 at 10:43 pm #

I totally didn’t mean to post that comment just above. aHEM.

But she is adorable!

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I don’t think I got an errant comment, but thanks for stopping by
jen of a2eatwrite on 11 Sep 2008 at 3:56 am #

Oh…. so, so, so cute!!!

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Love is all around!