inside the mansion

Back to our trip to the park on Sunday -  there was a tour just beginning inside the mansion when we got there.

There were many {pretty} things inside -

this wall sconce really appealed to me

you could see wisteria out the window here

the floor is teak!

and there's a sunroom with flowers of many kinds painted on the ceiling

is this Old Country Roses?  I have a few pieces of that!

Upstairs were the living quarters, with the owners' bedrooms as one might expect, but I saw this quilt on a servant's bed

it could use a touch of Biz, but otherwise, very {pretty}

The best thing about the upstairs was definitely the view, this one being the nicest I saw -

It was such a perfectly beautiful day weatherwise - we were quite {happy}

There was one {funny} thing

carved under a stone bench outside near the shore. I wish I knew the rest of that story! We didn't see it until after our tour.

We went picnicking somewhere else afterward, which I'll show in another post, and I'd been concerned about the predicted heat and humidity.  But there was an ocean breeze which made it very pleasant -

the {real}ity hit us when we got out of the car back home - it wasn't nearly as nice here. What a difference!

with thanks to Leila and Rosie