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CELEBRATIONS
Blossoming Romance
Winterthur provides the dreamy backdrop for a perfect Brandywine Valley wedding.
By Lisa Dukart Photographs by Kerry Harrison Photography
For Monica Welsh and Andrew Buckley, friendship was the sturdy block on which they’d eventually build their
love. Getting to know each other as students
at Northeastern University in Boston, the pair didn’t start dating until after their senior year. “It naturally progressed,” says Monica, a Chadds Ford, Pa., native. “It just felt easy, especially since we were in the same friend group and we had a lot of prior history together.”
After college, both remained in Boston, where their romance blossomed. Together
for nearly four years, they were on a weekend getaway in North Conway, N.H., when Andrew proposed on a February afternoon in 2018. While Monica was napping, he’d trekked to a nearby lake, setting up mason jars and candles
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