This photo shoot, taken about 3 months into my journey down this path in 2015, convinced me that I could become the woman that I am.
From day one, I have had a thing for wedding dresses. It represents the ultimate feminine day, the ultimate feminine experience and that day when you are the center of attention.
The MUA is a genius! I believe the pandemic put her out of business, my eternal gratitude to the amazing Amanda Richards.
This is when I realized how happy this all made me, that I actually had a smile, that life could be something different than I had thought.
Of course, we’ll take this opportunity to invoke a word from the title of this post, one of Cristy Garcia’s favorite prog rock bands (pre-“and Then There Were Three…”), Genesis! A long and of course, storied and highly successful career. The band went through various personnel iterations before settling into the aforementioned three. Phil Collins will soon be a two-time Rock Hall of Famer, being deservedly inducted for his solo work this fall. Our first song shout-out here was the live version of “Squonk” from the Seconds Out album. The original version was on the prior “Trick of the Tail” album, but I do prefer the live version. It is one of my Top 100 favorites, as ranked in my epic iTunes library of over 17,000 songs. That and $5 will get you one of the dresses that were just featured here, but as usual, I digress. Without Googling, I believe this was the first album post-Peter Gabriel, with Phil as lead singer.
We will now lean on the Google monster to see that Squonk means: “First documented in William T. Cox’s 1910 book Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, the squonk is a small, pig-like animal with loose, wrinkled, and warty skin that doesn’t fit its body correctly. Because it is deeply self-conscious and ashamed of its appearance, it spends its time hiding in hemlock forests, constantly weeping.” There you go!
He's a sly one, he's a shy one, wouldn't you be too?
Scared to be left all on his own
He hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with the ugly duckling
The pressure on, the bubble will burst before our eyes
All the while in perfect time
His tears are falling on the ground
But if you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance ey ey ey yeh-yeh
You don't stand a chance
11 Responses
Kandi,
Your eyes OPEN or Closed tell the whole story of the joy of being a girl-woman and bride.
THIS YOUR BRIDAL SHOOT WAS THE EPITOMEY OF PERFECTION.
MARIE ANNE
Appreciated, as always!
Such a lovely shoot, I don’t think I could ever do that but you make it look so great
I cannot explain how very little that has to do with me. Someone like Amanda makes you look like anyone you want to be. Thanks sweetheart!!!
very very STUNNING .so AMAZING .Mark.x
♥
You look so happy! I can’t see a picture of you without feeling a little bit of that sunshine roll onto me. It’s kind of amazing to see someone like you that seems so secure in who she is living and loving life to the fullest she can and realize that you also probably were somewhat uncertain and insecure about it at one time. It gives me so much hope!
Love, Liz
Liz, I spent the evening here at Keystone, crying with joy and now this. I am one very blessed girl! Thank you sweetie!!
Ha! As soon as I saw the title I knew that the most amazing Prog Rock band would be referenced! What I did not expect was that I would be mentioned 😛 This just goes to show that you know your friends almost as much as you know your music! I will just have to correct you in the fact that it is not one of, but my absolute favorite band ever!
Love this photos from the first photo shoot! What a fantastic way to your Genesis! You rock in all possible ways, amiga! ❤️
I forgot to mention that I almost wept like a squonk , until I dissolved in tears
Love you mi amiga!