Celebrant Alison Moore

03/31/2024

Happy Easter 🐣 looking forward to our annual Easter egg hunt on Ravens View Farm with our youngest friends

02/21/2024

Parasols have always been a fascination for me and of course my daughter, when she was little, loved parasols as well. When I asked her for permission to post this picture she asked, “How old was I?” Needless to say this was before date stamps on photos. My guess is three. Others guesses welcome. .

02/15/2024

I love parasols and I often bring mine along to provide shade as I await the arrival of the guests and the wedding party!

02/13/2024

Valentine’s Day is special not just because it is a day of romance, proposals, and a great date night, it is also a day that beloveds give special gifts. Sometimes it is not a box of chocolates! This beautiful illuminated manuscript adorns the cover of a boxed book titled King Rene’s Book of Love. It is filled with images illustrating the allegory of the King’s dream giving his heart to Amour, the God of Love, who gives it to the Page, Ardent Desire to find his love Sweet Grace and to give her his heart. This very special gift was from my very special husband on Valentines Day.
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02/13/2024

Love marrying couples in all kinds of venues near and far including Barn at Six in Faulkland. We had so much fun!

02/10/2024

Today is Losar, the Tibetan New Year on the second new moon, a time to clean and clear your home and maybe other things as well. It is customary to SMILE throughout the day to spread happiness to one and all. I performed a ritual of cleansing and clearing the wintry energies on Ravens View Farm on this rare sunny day. This shadow picture reminded me of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya where I went on retreat last fall and reminded me of the wonderful Buddhist teachings I received. Mountain retreat centre

11/18/2023

My good friend arrived delivering a honey green tea from Tea and Weaves and a birthday card of my favourite painting “Tea Please” to inaugurate my new tea set with my husband.

11/15/2023

A loving husband who is married to an adoring tea drinker knows just what to gift on the morning of her birthday!!

11/14/2023

Glorious sunsets are the highlight of autumn’s shorter days.Never tire of the view from our home at Ravens View Farm.

08/20/2023

Thank you to everyone who has reached out. Here is our situation. Ravens View Farm is fortunate to be located in Peachland which is due south of West Kelowna over a small mountain. The fire is about ten miles North of us. We cannot see the fires but it brings back memories of being on alert and watching fire kindling ponderosa trees on the hill across the ravine five years ago as it approached the farm. We have been firesmarting our farm every spring for the past three years and Mark has sent the last of his extensive wild and wonderful ephemera to auction in Chicago just one month ago to preserve his 40 years of archiving in case of this eventuality. Our grab and go kits and emergency preparedness plan have been updated. Yesterday we spent the day with teen helpers doing fall clean up around the property instead of picking peaches and plums as the farmers market was canceled along with all other events across the province. Our deepest disappointment was having to cancel a two week visit with our niece at the eleventh hour literally when the state of emergency was declared with mandate that non essential people in the province go home and not come. The Cottage at ravens view farm is now available for evacuees with animals who need refuge. Apocalyptic is the word that is used for a reason. And now I have family in Southern California preparing for a hurricane and a year’s worth of rain being delivered. Wish it were coming here.

02/15/2023

Mark always seems to remember Valentine's Day and takes us out to a romantic meal, except I always forget to take a picture. it was true today too. Somehow this valentines day dinner was captured and we are currently debating what year that was! Enjoy a heartfelt Valentines Day with your spouse, fiancé, best friend, kid cat, dog or yourself!❤️💛💚💙💜💕💕💕

11/26/2022

Michelle Obama shares her views on "Partnership, Marriage and Relationships." Always appreciate when people share their experience with truth and vulnerability. As we enter into the 2023 wedding season, advice to consider what it really means to enter into a marriage is probably worth sharing. Start at 4:10.

Life Kit on NPR One | 19:56

11/15/2022

Happy Birthday To Me! 🎂 🎶🎵🎶

11/11/2022

REMEMBRANCE DAY
A poppy from my summer garden blooming for Remembrance Day today.

Sorrow is part of the earth’s great cycles, flowing into the night like cool air sinking down a river course. To feel sorrow is to float on the pulse of the earth, the surge from living to dying, from coming into being to ceasing to exist. Maybe this is why the earth has the power over time to wash sorrow into a deeper pool, cold and shadowed. And maybe this is why, even though sorrow never disappears, it can make a deeper connection to the currents of life and so connect, somehow, to sources of wonder and solace.

Kathleen Dean Moore’s Opening Quote to The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

11/11/2022

Every wedding ceremony invites exuberance and fun and the engagement of the guests. Ceremonies are not complete without some laughter and celebration like this wedding Wines.

11/09/2022

Death Doula Network couldn't be where we are today without the support of our members.
To show our thanks, we will be providing weekly links to our individual member’s sites so you can get to know them better too.

This week we would like to introduce you to Celebrant Alison Moore

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11/09/2022

The ceremony is about to begin! The only time the celebrant is the centre of attention is when she is welcoming your guests and building the excitement for the procession of the wedding party.

11/08/2022

Weddings in the Okanagan Valley are more than special. There is always a beautiful backdrop for your wedding ceremony. I enjoy marrying loving couples at Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards, which is just down the road from my home at Ravens View Farm in Peachland.

11/08/2022

What a wonderful memorable day we had with just our family and closest friends. They enjoyed the light hearted humour and true sincerity of Alison’s words.

11/08/2022

Drying Marigolds for my friend’s Dia de Los Mu***os celebration. Hearing stories of celebrating this special day in Mexico was inspiring.

10/05/2022

A random sweet find on YouTube. How true and what a good reminder or teaching about the value of Empathy vs Sympathy

What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuin...

02/21/2022

Even favourite thrift stores are celebrating the wedding season that seems to begin with Valentines Day!

01/29/2022

Just learned that if you review this page -
more couples in love ❤️ who are planning their upcoming weddings and are seeking a passionate professional celebrant / officiant for their personal ceremony
OR
those who need a compassionate partner in the sensitive task of crafting a celebration of life 🙏 for their loved one

Will find me!!! 🌝

01/17/2022

While sorting through masses of images I have been saving for collages I found this! A day you’ll always remember and you’ll never forget. So true. And that’s a good thing. #

01/01/2022

In the midst of an artic cold snap and with social distancing in place, it is still possible to marry a couple on New Years Eve to ring🔔 in the New Year on a bright note! 🍾 🥂 🎉 for the whole family.

12/21/2021

At dawn on this cold Winter Solstice I performed a spontaneous seasonal ceremony for some intrepid souls. It was the inauguration of my ceremonial staff which holds the gifts of love from a lifetime of friendship. Today we release any darkness from the past year and welcome the waxing of the sun through the coming seasons and the manifestation of our wishes and intentions for the new year. Happy Solstice. Oh my! the sun just broke through our blanket of Okanagan clouds.

12/15/2021

12/14/2021

It’s been known that, upon occasion, I perform elopements . The bride and groom get wonderful pictures with a stunning view of Okanagan Lake in the background and our orchard in the foreground. Lovely for all involved.

12/14/2021

My niece Rory who continues to attempt to help me learn Instagram. It was great to see her in person when we travelled to NYC for American Thanksgiving.