When Ryan and I got married in Ojai last year, we were amazed at the serenity and beauty of the resort. In particular, we fell in love with a little place called the "Artist's Cottage." At the artist's cottage, you could do all sorts of things to bring out your inner artist, or become more in tune with yourself. (We made our very own scents in an apothecary class....awesome.)
Anyway, outside of the Artist's Cottage there was a tree that had been on the property for over 200 years. The tree is called the Friendship Tree. The friendship tree became one of the centers of our celebration, and we spent time there on several days. We also were lucky enough to have one amazing photographer with us to capture our memories. Nathan Welton of
Dreamtime Images captured our wedding for us, and we cannot thank him enough!
After spending time around the tree, I was becoming very sentimental and wanted to capture some memories and bring them back to Houston with us. I gathered up about 15 acorns and shoved them in my
man-bag.
Anyway, I brought the acorns back and so far, SIX have sprouted! In the midst of the crappy weather in Houston the last few days, I was setting my young seedlings outside to benefit from some natural rain, and I snapped this shot:
There's six friendship trees on the way! I am so excited! The hope here is that whenever Ryan and I settle down for good with our piece of property.... we'll always have something from the day we were married in California! Aren't you jealous? ;-)
Check out more pics by Nathan of us around the Friendship Tree after the jump....
