“Off to the Honeymoon” Frederick Morgan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
And so we come to the end of our month of wedding pictures. I thought that this one was a good way to close off the month. 🙂 The short excerpt below is from the very beginning of a honeymoon for Darcy and Elizabeth and is from the epilogue of For Peace of Mind.
“And then there is my impression of you.” He kissed her lightly on the forehead. “It has never wavered. Your eyes still enchant me, your laugh and smile are still bewitching, and your figure still tempts me beyond all rational thought.”
He bent his head and kissed her softly.
“You remain now as you were then, the loveliest of all women.”
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Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).
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6 thoughts on “Off to the Honeymoon (Frederick Morgan)”
What an adorable picture. I especially liked the mischievous little boy who has stolen one of the little girl’s shoes. Apparently, some of the girls are barefoot or in their stocking feet. That sounds like something Elizabeth would do. The ages are so varied, they could even be the Bennet girls plus a Charlotte. It was a thought. Maybe that is their Uncle Edward Gardiner getting married. I know that is stretching it a bit but, hey… that is how they would look… a gaggle of girls. Goodness, no wonder Mr. Bennet ran to his book room. That is probably one of the Lucas boys or a Bennet brother even. It could happen. That is what popped in my head. That is a scary place these days. Blessings, thanks for sharing.
I, too, love that little boy with the stolen shoe and how he’s peeking to see if the owner is coming after him (or that’s what I imagine he is doing lol)
I loved the painting, Leenie. I also really like J.W.’s ideas for it. I don’t know the tradition of slippers being hurled at the bridal couple….??? But it appears that it was a tradition somewhere, and my eye was drawn to the little stack of slippers and the ones being held in the air by some of the girls. But the best part is the couple. The earnest young groom with his eyes only for her, and the bride with a contemplative smile for this momentous day and ahead to the future with her hero.
I especially am touched by this painting today, and the quote from For Peace of Mind. We just got back from our son’s and daughter-in-law’s wedding. They are both older than the couple in the picture and have been together for a number of years. But the wedding was no less emotional, joyous and blessed with looking ahead to the future. That short excerpt has such meaning for us the older married couples, doesn’t it Leenie, J.W.? But for those who go into marriage for love, isn’t it everyone’s dream.
I went on a little search and found this information in a book entitled The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries by Edward J. Wood (published in 1869):
“It has long been a custom in England Scotland and elsewhere to throw an old shoe over or at a bride and bridegroom upon their leaving the church or the parental home after their wedding Sometimes it is thrown when they start for the church and occasionally the shoe is taken from the left foot The usual saying is that it is thrown for luck but possibly it originally was meant to be a sign of the renunciation of dominion and authority over the bride by her father or guardian One author however suggests that the hurling of a shoe was first intended to be a sham assault on the person carrying off the woman and is a relic of the old custom of opposition to the capture of a bride.”
I did not know that, and I must say I am happy that was not a tradition I had to endure. LOL The way we got pelted by some of my relations with rice was painful enough. LOL 😀
I’m so glad you were able to spend time with your son and daughter-in-law and celebrate their wedding. Having just come out of the depths of a lockdown, doing things like that is not something that can be taken for granted any longer. It really is a blessing, and I think we see that more clearly now.
And yes, I do think that this scene is the dream.
Fascinating info you found out about the shoes! Thanks for sharing. Yes, I think the rose petals were/are a much better idea. I also like the idea some are using now of throwing birdseed (safer for birds instead of raw rice.) 😀
Rose petals would be softest. 🙂 I like the idea of bird seed, too.
What an adorable picture. I especially liked the mischievous little boy who has stolen one of the little girl’s shoes. Apparently, some of the girls are barefoot or in their stocking feet. That sounds like something Elizabeth would do. The ages are so varied, they could even be the Bennet girls plus a Charlotte. It was a thought. Maybe that is their Uncle Edward Gardiner getting married. I know that is stretching it a bit but, hey… that is how they would look… a gaggle of girls. Goodness, no wonder Mr. Bennet ran to his book room. That is probably one of the Lucas boys or a Bennet brother even. It could happen. That is what popped in my head. That is a scary place these days. Blessings, thanks for sharing.
I, too, love that little boy with the stolen shoe and how he’s peeking to see if the owner is coming after him (or that’s what I imagine he is doing lol)
I loved the painting, Leenie. I also really like J.W.’s ideas for it. I don’t know the tradition of slippers being hurled at the bridal couple….??? But it appears that it was a tradition somewhere, and my eye was drawn to the little stack of slippers and the ones being held in the air by some of the girls. But the best part is the couple. The earnest young groom with his eyes only for her, and the bride with a contemplative smile for this momentous day and ahead to the future with her hero.
I especially am touched by this painting today, and the quote from For Peace of Mind. We just got back from our son’s and daughter-in-law’s wedding. They are both older than the couple in the picture and have been together for a number of years. But the wedding was no less emotional, joyous and blessed with looking ahead to the future. That short excerpt has such meaning for us the older married couples, doesn’t it Leenie, J.W.? But for those who go into marriage for love, isn’t it everyone’s dream.
I went on a little search and found this information in a book entitled The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries by Edward J. Wood (published in 1869):
“It has long been a custom in England Scotland and elsewhere to throw an old shoe over or at a bride and bridegroom upon their leaving the church or the parental home after their wedding Sometimes it is thrown when they start for the church and occasionally the shoe is taken from the left foot The usual saying is that it is thrown for luck but possibly it originally was meant to be a sign of the renunciation of dominion and authority over the bride by her father or guardian One author however suggests that the hurling of a shoe was first intended to be a sham assault on the person carrying off the woman and is a relic of the old custom of opposition to the capture of a bride.”
I did not know that, and I must say I am happy that was not a tradition I had to endure. LOL The way we got pelted by some of my relations with rice was painful enough. LOL 😀
I’m so glad you were able to spend time with your son and daughter-in-law and celebrate their wedding. Having just come out of the depths of a lockdown, doing things like that is not something that can be taken for granted any longer. It really is a blessing, and I think we see that more clearly now.
And yes, I do think that this scene is the dream.
Fascinating info you found out about the shoes! Thanks for sharing. Yes, I think the rose petals were/are a much better idea. I also like the idea some are using now of throwing birdseed (safer for birds instead of raw rice.) 😀
Rose petals would be softest. 🙂 I like the idea of bird seed, too.