Since it is 2011, it is our 45th Anniversary Year. We stepped this Valentines Day up a notch (at Wes's suggestion) and renewed our vows at a Matlacha gallery appropriately called "Lovegroves." The owner, Leoma Lovegrove, doesn't allow photos! But she had a few professional photogs there to shoot the whole thing and I'll find it on facebook. There was a real reverend, veils, bouquets, a walk down the aisle (with the men waiting at the altar), an exchange of vows, an artsy re-marriage certificate hand painted by Leoma, a champagne reception with hors d'oeuvres, wedding cake, Beatles music and more! At the end of the ceremony, we tossed flowers into the canal and sent them off with a wish to benefit our beloved. It was a great night. A couple we met at the pool
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