Never too Old to Fall in Love - 93 and 74. Getting hitched !
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We are never too old for love it turns out...93,famous artist, and
getting married.My family were there...long time old friends
of both the bride, and also the groom.The wedding of the year in NZ
parts
. National TV prime time news. We all should be so lucky that at the age
of 93 and 75 we have 300 people,friends and family that we have known for a long time to invite to a
wedding.Yes the bride and grooms relatives and
friends flew in from South Africa,London, Scotland,Canada for the occassion . Shows you whats important in life.The church was so full none of us young ones were invited!!
Makes you wonder in all this age of transitory lives and singledom...if we would know
that many people, if we would have any long terms friends at that age.We should be so lucky.
Twangy presenters voices aside - fun to watch
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/age-no-barrier-artist-finds-love-2458677/video
FROM: TVNZ website and news broadcast
. ""Proving love knows no boundaries, famous Canterbury landscape artist, 93-year-old Austen Deans has wed a woman he has known his whole life but only dated for the last two years.And it was no small wedding on Saturday.
Michael Deans tried to relax his Dad Austen before walking down the aisle.Despite being 93, the artist famous for his paintings of the Canterbury high country says he's nervous.
"The ring is in my pocket here. I haven't given it to John because he said he might easily lose it."
His best man John also tries to calm the nerves.Austen has known his young bride, 75-year-old Margaret Alpers, since the day she was born.
"My mother knew her mother and we've been friends ever since, he says.
His first love is painting and like Margaret he has been married before. Yet it was his art that brought them together. Two years ago Austen was asked to paint a picture of Margaret's house.
"I arrived up to do this portrait and both Margaret and her son Steven really wanted a portrait of the house mainly, and Margaret as a sort of second extra," he says.
A second-extra she wasn't to stay. During the weeks Austen spent painting Margaret and her house they fell in love.
And on Saturday, almost two years later, Austen Deans and Margaret Alpers declared that love in front of 300 guests.
"Not content with painting alps, he's marrying one," says the pastor.
It's proof that love can happen to anybody, at anytime.""
