I seem to have been having more than my share of happy moments lately, and most of them have had something to do with my lovely new husband, Rob. We were married on Sunday at a folk festival, and you can't get better than that!

For the last few months I have been imagining what it would be like, getting married at this festival - at St Albans in NSW. It couldn't have been more perfect. The celebrant was a friend of mine, Judy Pinder, who was also performing at the festival. My favourite band, and my good friends, the Wheeze and Suck Band provided the music - they even learnt a couple of new songs just for us! Another friend, Jenny Lees, sang a song she had written for me, a lot of friends decorated the area, and I only saw it decorated just before I walked down the aisle, my long time friend Arch Bishop cooked a BBQ, my son gave me away, my daughter and freda underhill were my bridesmaids and my grandson was the pageboy. Black Joak Morris, the local Morris side, helped in all kinds of ways, including putting up a giant tarp for the reception. Rob hasn't known them long, but they have become good friends to both of us now. The reception turned into a session that went on into the early hours of the morning - as I hoped it would. The reality was even better than what I imagined it could be.

Out of all this, the most moving moment for me was when the Wheeze and Suck Band started to play a song we had asked them to learn - a lovely violin piece called Ciel D'Automne, which had become one of OUR songs, then I walked down the aisle to their version of Mingulay, which is beautiful. When I reached the front, there was another moment, when I looked around and saw all my best friends standing around me, and my beautiful Rob smiling at me. I'm experiencing it again now, just describing it!

And while I was typing, there was another moment when Rob put on Eddi Reader singing "My love is like a red red rose" - another one of OUR songs! Yes, the moments are coming thick and fast these days!