When an event like the Taos Wedding Expo has been planned for months, organizations and vendors are not likely to cancel because of weather.  That was precisely the case on Saturday when northern New Mexico was in the midst of the most inclement weather sequence in years.  The highways and roads were snow-packed, and a combination of snow, fog, and wind came along for the ride.  But Taoseños are intrepid and more people attended than I would have imagined.  The amount of work put into displays and booths was impressive.

I had photographed a wedding in 2009 at El Monte Sagrado, and the woman who had done the wedding cake for that wedding happened to be in the booth next to me.  Jocelyn Lucero (http://taosweddingcakes.com) is a master with cakes and baking.  The image below is one of her demonstration cakes.

Jocelyn's Cake, Taos Scattered between the booth pipe and draping were old wooden screens which added an interesting and rustic touch.

through a screen

Because of my booth location, it was the first people encountered when they entered the Sagebrush Inn Convention Center.  A young couple had come to talk with me about photography. They moved among the other booths and at one point, the mother of that bride-to-be walked in front of me again with tears in her eyes, clutching a dress that her daughter had just tried on.  In keeping with the sometimes-used tradition of the groom not seeing the dress before the wedding, she was hiding it as she darted by.  The mother said "She looks so beautiful in it."  I photographed the bride and mother, and sent two photographs to them via email, but those will remain private.  The wedding dress vendor had done an amazing job with her booth, and it paid off.  ReNeux Consignment in Taos and on Facebook.

wedding dress booth

All wedding shows feature florists and one of Taos' best is Enchanted Florist.  They featured red roses for the participants and a friend of ours who visited us brought one to me.  There is hardly a better combination than snow and red roses.  So I wind the weekend and the blog back to the snow.

rose in snow

until next Monday,

DB

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