"Sunshower: A Fox Wedding"

The Japanese have a phrase for sunshowers:

"kitsune no yomeiri" <--{狐の嫁入り}

which means,

"a fox wedding".

It is believed that,

whenever this peculiar weather occurs,

two foxes are being wedded in the forest.

- - -

But beware,

the uninvited human

who stumbles upon such a scene

will be marked with the fox's vengeance,

and may experience the sensation

of a bitty fox spirit

slipping under their fingernails

and possessing them.

Inviting little foxes to my own wedding

is something I plan on doing,

especially in the form of cake toppers,

or something equally adorable.

{Photos via James R.D. Scott}