A Beautiful Day for the Zoo

We've been enjoying lovely, fabulously unseasonal weather here, with not a trace of humidity. We celebrated by spending the day at the zoo. We meandered over to the home belonging to the original owners of the land and took the tour.

It's a beautiful old home built in the Federal style filled with gorgeous antiques, Haviland and Wedgewood, coal-burning fireplaces and scads of books. Our kind of home, for sure. No indoor plumbing, but I could work around that. After touring the inside of the home, we wandered around the outside for a bit.

Here is BaBa the sheep, taking a siesta:





Here is a shot of the gardens, maintained by a volunteer group of master gardeners:



Here is the kitchen, still separate from the main house:



Such a neat house with a fascinating history. It was great to finally be able to see inside and learn more about it. Even DD was impressed. She called it the beautiful house that she never wanted to leave. Amen, sister. Amen.