Laurie and I celebrated 40 years of marriage and a total of 42 years together. Both are significant numbers. While I can’t say we’ve been wandering around in the wilderness for the past 40 years, we have spent 40 years together in the high desert. Fortunately, we have carved out a piece of paradise in our desert. For those of you who have not seen the photos from our shotgun wedding, you can see them at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/5/celebrations-of-life.
Sunrise
Tristan made us a very special dinner for our anniversary, which included a four-layer Zigarat cake. The dragon tail flame illuminated a ghost who joined us for the celebration.
Not a cloud in the sky at sunset
Off Center & Not Even 
Happy Anniversary to you and Laurie, Tim! Totally cool and charming wedding! (I’ve been enjoying your beautiful photos but have not commented lately because I’m undergoing a major health crisis.)
I wish you well and a complete recovery. Liking is good. Thanks, Leah.
Happy Anniversary! 💞 Adorable photos.
Thanks, Michele.
How lovely. Happy Anniversary to you both. The cake looks delicious.
It is delicious and fun too. Thanks, Jeff.
Awesome. You’re welcome, Tim.
Nice shots. Interesting cake. Happy annvrsry
Happy Ruby Anniversary to you and Laurie Timothy
Wishing you many more soul-stirring and joyful years.
Folk and traditional wedding, a treasure trove filled with joyous memories.
Thanks, abvr.
Thanks, the press.
Congratulations to you and Laurie, Tim on 40 years of marriage, and 42 years together. 42 also being the answer to the Universe and everything, too. 🙂
I enjoyed your wedding photos over on Zenfolio again. Perhaps Delgado was the ghost who showed up tonight.
Could be. As I mentioned to Nancy, first look the ghost has a Hitchcock profile, but then it looked more like a dog to me. Could have been Delgado. Thanks, Lavinia.
Happy anniversary! Congratulations!
Thanks, JYP.
Een mooi en gelukkig jubileum Timothy voor jou en je vrouw! Ik wens jullie beiden nog vele gelukkige jaren samen! Happy anniversary! 🌹🎂( sorry for my english language)
Thanks, Inge. No problem on the language. It’s easy for me to translate it no need for you to worry about English.
Many thanks! 🌹
How wonderful Tom. All love to you both. We had ours last year. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, a very late congratulations to you and the Mr. You have one more year and you will be at the answer to life, the universe, and everything anniversary. Thanks, Shey.
Wow… the answer to life would be good!!!
Most certainly.
Congratulations to Laurie and you and many further happy years to come. Looks like a lovely evening.
Thanks, Heidi.
Congratulations and happy anniversary 🥳💝
Thanks, Ribana.
Congratulations to you and Laurie. It’s so lovely to see people stay together so long and I wish you both more happy years together. One more thing, can you beam me (if the Star Trek transporter device is working again) a piece of that delicious looking four-layer Zigarat cake?
We really need that transporter. Thanks, Herman.
Happy Anniversary on 40 years! The cake looked awesome and who is the ghost? So cool!
And the cake looks so good! What flavor are the layers?
The ghost looked a little like Hitchcock, but then as I looked at it more it looking like a dog. Could be our old Great Dane. A psychic told us her spirit roams the property. Thanks, Nancy.
Awe… how nice is that!
Congratulations & Happy Anniversary! Congratulations! Great photos, Tim!
Thanks, Inchcock.
Happy anniversary! Anyone who starts off their wedded life the way you two have, is bound to have a good life together. You guys are a hoot
And now I know why you’re so darn good as a photog!
That was a fun shotgun ceremony. Started things off right. Thanks, Dale.
That it certainly did, if you are forty years into it 🙂 A sense of humour goes such a long way.
Die besten Glückwünsche zur Rubinhochzeit 😍❤️
Thanks, einfachtilda.
My congratulations to you and Laurie for both your wedding and your time being together !
That was one hell of a cacke you got 🙂
Up to 50 years now….
The cake was a work of art. Thanks, Rudi.
Happy anniversary to you and Laurie, Tim!
Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
Wow Congratulations on your anniversary. Love the cake, Here’s to many more happy years of togetherness. 💖
Thanks, Sue.
Ah, the perfect Ruby Anniversary, Tim! Sending all my best wishes, from here too for a life full of blooms and happiness, together. Love that cake! …and yes, it looked like Hitchcock joined you! 😉
Thanks, Marina. It had that Hitchcock profile at first glance.
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I hope it is your Great Dane. Inspirational photos, as usual, and an inspirational love, which is the only way for us mortals to make paradise, perhaps.
Thanks, PJR
Happy anniversary! It sure is many years spent together! May you live together for many long happy and healthy years to come 😊
Thanks, Simone.
Congratulations! Quite the milestones.
Thanks, Donna.
Happy anniversary! Many more years together!
Another look at the shotgun wedding, it seems Laurie was really enjoying herself. One more thing, you don’t have enough cameras around your neck. And, when your wife tells you to stand still, you stand still. (LOL) 🙂 🙂 🙂
Happy Anniversary to you both.
Ha! Thanks, David.
Congratulations Tim and Laurie. I love the pictures. Glad you had a great celebration with the ghost. ha💖
Thanks, Cindy.
You’re so welcome! 💖🌹
Congratulations!
Thanks, Dawn.
Hurray for yesterday – congratulations to you and Laurie. From your posts and pictures, you have a wonderful life. Wishing you health and happiness for many more years together. How sweet to see your wedding pics – it seems from some that your collective senses of humour have not changed.
Thanks, Susan. Ya gotta keep a sence of humor. Especially these days.
Oh, best wishes Tim, and many more! You guys are on the good half of the statistics. 🙂
Thanks, Mary Jo.
A big congratulations to you and Laurie! 40 years is impressive and a tribute to what a great decision the two of you made to commit to each other… and that cake looks yummy.
Wow! Thanks for the link to your wedding photos, that looks like a fun wedding!! Happy 40th anniversary!! I forgot we share the same date, ours is only 12 years, but sometimes feels like 40!😂
Happy 12th. I hope you had a good time? I was thinking there was someone else besides our neighbor that shared the same wedding date. I remember you had mentioned it but I didn’t remember either. Thanks, Tiffany.
LOVED the photos of your shotgun wedding. What a fabulous and unforgettable moment for you and Laurie as well as all your guests. Congratulations on your Ruby Wedding Anniversary. Life is the very best when shared with a kindred spirit.
Thanks, Rebecca. A life partner helps with so many things.
YES!!!! I agree wholeheartedly.
Tim, I wanted to leave a comment on the wedding picture post, but it wouldn’t take it. So, it’s here. Happy anniversary! What an awesome shot gun wedding you and Laurie had. Love the cowboy attire and the creative dress! A fun couple snd crowd. 🥳🎶 Christine
I don’t do anything with the T& L blog but refer to it these days. It’s best to comment. ON WP. Thanks, Christine. BTW your book is here begging to be read. Laurie wants to read it, also.
I thought so. The post was 2017. Really awesome wedding photos! Wow, I’m so glad you both want to read the book. I’ve had one friend stay up all night to read it. She couldn’t put it down. Yay! And she wrote a great review. Hope you both like it! Enjoy! 📚🎶Christine
We have to finish putting together presentation for a conference, then we will be able to read it.
Awesome! I’m told it’s an easy read even though historical fiction can get a little complex. All that history. But, fiction and history are weaved seamlessly into the story, readers tell me. 📚🎶 Christine
You got me hooked with your teasers.
More on the marketing plan coming this week. I’m following the things I see bestselling authors do, only on a dollar budget. 🥳🎶
You do what you can do. Your tree is in the first sunset photo in the five orange photos in today’s post.
Wow. Going to check it out. And say hello to my beautiful tree. 📚🎶
Congratulations! Terrific photos of the wedding. Best wishes for many more years.
Thanks, needhamb.
Congrats!
Thanks, Teri.
Shotgun congratulations on your wedding day, Tim! I checked out the pics. You two were meant to be together. It shows in the photos.
Your mentor..Delgado was a blessing and a force in your life.
You are one of the most interesting people I have met, not just in blog world, but in the world.
Both of you deserve all congratulations you get.
Thank you for being here, and being our friend!
Aw. Thanks for the beautiful comment, Resa. It really means a lot to me.
💐💥🌹❤️ I understand!
Happy anniversary to you both! Love that cake …
Thanks, Julie.
Oh my gosh, congratulations to you both. That is a long time. Your wife looks like Rosamund Pike, beautiful and you are looking pretty good yourself there Tim, and still a handsome fellow. The wedding photographs were a treat. I was expecting something different but it was even more creative then I would have guessed. Beautiful cake, and truly Happy Anniversary to you both. You have an amazingly beautiful paradise. Hugs to you both, Joni
Thanks, Joni.
The High Desert in California? We really like your story and would like to include an excerpt in our summer issue of Undead Weddings. Please let us know if it is okay to feature you.
Hi Flatliners. We are in the high desert of New Mexico. You can use the story.
How fun! We have writers in the high desert of California and wondered if you were neighbors. Thank you so much for letting us feature your story. We will send you the link for the article as soon as it is posted :). Congratulations on your wedding anniversary!!
Thank you so much for allowing us to feature you. Interestingly, one of the people in the article is named Tim. Here is the link to where your quote and guest feature card can be viewed: https://flatlinerbooks.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/a-place-of-1st-love-loving-through-my-past-trauma/
The line is a perfect lead in for the post.
We are so glad you like it. We thought so too!