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It felt weird to be back here.
Ianto sat in the mayoral chambers and looked around the table at the faces he knew so well, the biddies with expectant faces and Jarred who was giving up the chair for him.
"Right. As you all know Ton and Angel wish to wed on the show. This will be done as a live event so the entire nation can share our joy and hopefully not our horror. I do hope there are no fires or floods." Ianto waited for the expected giggling then he smiled and continued "She wants sunflowers and daisies so after thinking about that I have decided we will have it in the back field. We will create a western style theme with bales of hay, pots of daises and sunflowers … build a large covered area for the wedding so be it rain or sun, we are covered. No sunburn or wet … I want exposed beams and we will have tulle and ribbons on the framework drape about in sunflower yellow and white. They did not want an arch, so instead we will build a garden with the sunflowers surrounding the podium whir they stand in a horseshoe, the backdrop will be sunflowers and maybe some cascading white lobelia from the ceiling to come down to finish the illusion of walls instead."
"Can we get this done?" Alma asked, her pen poised.
"I have already put me requests into Femika" Ianto said, the florist and horticulturalist they knew he liked the best these days, nodding as they scribbled "She is sure she can get me the required plants and I have ordered the boys to start constructing of the structure to cover the part of the field for the ceremony. We can easily move the chairs and add tables for the after party. My main concern is the sunflowers. I know it sounds lovely but they follow the sun … will make it hard for photos and camera shots so I have also ordered a shitload of artificial ones that from a distance should match the real ones. This way we can place some up in tge rafters where the tulle is bunched and such."
"Thomas can do the hay bales, he has some traditional ones from the northern pasture that was too hilly for the large modern roller bailer." Someone called out, Ianto nodding as the village started making plans.
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Recap of Harkness-Jones family
Our lovely men are now 48 and 52 … of course both still look about thirty.
The children are now ... 10 (Ifan the Imp) 19 (Ton), 22 (Babs), 26 (Walt), and 27 (Stephen). Hawk is three.
Walter and Curtis have Ben is (11), Crispin almost 10. Little Grace … now a sweet little 4. Maisey has been decided at seven.
Fen and Sam has have LB (4) and (Jax) is now two and a half.
Owen and Tosh adopted Mae 10 ... And Denbae 5
John Hart and Chrystal have Harley (Monkey)10. And Jasmine 6.