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It's been a full day. Yesterday and today my work revolved around the friends and family who gathered to celebrate J & C, the couple who hired me to record the celebration of their wedding. The wedding today was very moving, not only because of the testimony of the long tried-and-true love of the couple, but because of the clearly strong connections the two of them had made with friendships that spanned the globe. It was a "small" wedding, but everyone of the approximately 50 guests had a story to tell of friendship and loyalty and fun memories with J and C. It was an honour to be part of it.

Tonight I dined with my gourmet supper club. The first notable thing about that was that my dinner partner, M, took on all of the preparations for our share in the meal because I was working all day. What a gift that was! All I 'had' to do (it was great fun, really) was the plate dressing and salad assembly at the venue tonight. We made a fantastic sushi salad, in moulded nori bowls, fabulously garnished and very, very tasty. The main meal was slow-roasted lamb shank with roast potatoes, spring carrots, snap peas, and mini-cabbage rolls stuffed with mushrooms, onion and bacon. Dessert was pound cake and strawberries drenched in strawberry-sherry sauce and chocolate brownie "nests" with English Easter eggs.

I am full. I expect this to be the case for some time!