A Weekend Away

We've been away for a couple of days at a family wedding in PA. It is a beautiful area filled with amazing old homes like this. and thisTake a close look at this porch. It has a stone fireplace! It is the same home as the above picture. Both these homes are just down the street from where we stayed with our friends.


Our friends live in this wonderful old stone home built in the early 1700's. As the homes aged it was the fashion to cover them with stucco and whitewash it. Underneath is still the beautiful old stone. All the walls are really thick so it has very wide windowsills.

My friend is a gardener and the moment you step through the white arbor, and enter their yard,you are greeted by an amazing display of plants and bushes.

Everywhere you look it is like a full page spread in a garden magazine. It is a perfect place and on top of everything else, their grandchildren live in this house right next door.
An stone path , designed and constructed by our friends, leads to the pond they made. It is amazing, especially when you think that they dug it out and built it themselves.
The pond has an 8 foot waterfall cascading down into the first of three ponds.

Here I am with Carol, my friend who is the genius behind this amazing garden. We've know each other since high school.
Carol and her husband were missionaries and so they have this sign post reminding them of the distance to other parts of the world.

Here is a fabulous water garden in a container, that Carol designed for an entry in a national contest later this year.
Everywhere there are pots overflowing with blossoms. This one is near their front door.
Isn't that an amazing garden? I could just sit there and enjoy it all day long!

This final photo shows a little bit of the patio that is beside the pond, where if you're lucky Carol will serve a gourmet meal, which will include fresh veggies from their garden.
We had a wonderful time visiting with family and long time friends. Weddings are always such a special time to catch up with relatives that live far away, marvel at how quickly the children are growing up and delight in the children who are now adults, with their own families as the circle of life continues on.

I am way behind in visiting with all of you, my new friends. Now that we are back home again, I'll be stopping by really soon!

Rhondi xo