This morning will do some food shopping and then take communion to my homebound friend.What I will do after that, who knows?Just play it by ear as usual.
Yesterday was a long one for us. We decided to drive to Newport, RI to check out the mansions. The drive was about 200 miles, but definitely worth it. Even from the street those homes are fabulous. We toured one called “Marble House” which belonged to Alva Vanderbilt (Wife of William K. who was Cornelius’ heir). There are 550,000 cubic feet of marble in that house, floors, walls, ceiling and exterior. The opulence was overwhelming. The truly amazing part is that 50 room mansion was considered a summer house and only used for a few weeks out of the year. They had a year-round caretaker (still do) who lived in the house with his family in order to be sure it was suitable for the family to return at any time. For such a big house, it only had bedrooms for the family and one guest room. That meant only 5 bedrooms (not counting servant’s quarters, of course). Apparently when folks were in Newport “for the season” so was everyone else in their “set” in their own homes, so guest rooms weren’t really needed. The house was sold after William and Alva divorced (the first divorce in their social circle) but was eventually bought back by one of the sons, then donated to the local preservation society along with an endowment to maintain it.
After that, another 200 miles back to camp and we collapsed into bed.
We put off our departure for a day, so today we will rest up, pack up and be ready to move on tomorrow.
Yesterday was a picture perfect weather day, warm and sunny. Today’s forecast is for 84. No more rain until tomorrow.
We got sun at this time, active weather day hopefully more for Burlington then for us.
I’m going to hit the fair this afternoon, I might even see a horse race, the OCF one of the few fairs left that has harness racing as part of the program. Horse and Ox pulling of course, the barns, Midway and Floral Hall are all part of my day.
Y’all have a really nice day and may God bless. :-)
It’s delightfully cool, but supposed to get up to 91 before the cold front moves in for the next 7 days. That’s only 7 days of 90 plus degrees for the month so far. Our wildfire is now 20% contained, but the acreage is up a little to 375 acres. They’re doing a controlled burn out to help things along this morning. Thankfully, they sure know what they’re doing.
woodworker318 over 5 years ago
Good morning Vagabonds.
We now have had 16 days of over 90 degrees temp.
Only supposed to be in the mid 80’s today.
This morning will do some food shopping and then take communion to my homebound friend.What I will do after that, who knows?Just play it by ear as usual.
Hope you all have a nice day.
Jan C over 5 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds.
Yesterday was a long one for us. We decided to drive to Newport, RI to check out the mansions. The drive was about 200 miles, but definitely worth it. Even from the street those homes are fabulous. We toured one called “Marble House” which belonged to Alva Vanderbilt (Wife of William K. who was Cornelius’ heir). There are 550,000 cubic feet of marble in that house, floors, walls, ceiling and exterior. The opulence was overwhelming. The truly amazing part is that 50 room mansion was considered a summer house and only used for a few weeks out of the year. They had a year-round caretaker (still do) who lived in the house with his family in order to be sure it was suitable for the family to return at any time. For such a big house, it only had bedrooms for the family and one guest room. That meant only 5 bedrooms (not counting servant’s quarters, of course). Apparently when folks were in Newport “for the season” so was everyone else in their “set” in their own homes, so guest rooms weren’t really needed. The house was sold after William and Alva divorced (the first divorce in their social circle) but was eventually bought back by one of the sons, then donated to the local preservation society along with an endowment to maintain it.
After that, another 200 miles back to camp and we collapsed into bed.
We put off our departure for a day, so today we will rest up, pack up and be ready to move on tomorrow.
Yesterday was a picture perfect weather day, warm and sunny. Today’s forecast is for 84. No more rain until tomorrow.
Everyone have a blessed day.
Dkram over 5 years ago
Good morning Vagabonds
We got sun at this time, active weather day hopefully more for Burlington then for us.
I’m going to hit the fair this afternoon, I might even see a horse race, the OCF one of the few fairs left that has harness racing as part of the program. Horse and Ox pulling of course, the barns, Midway and Floral Hall are all part of my day.
Y’all have a really nice day and may God bless. :-)
ttfn
MontanaLady over 5 years ago
Good “This is a recording” morning, Vagabonds,
It’s delightfully cool, but supposed to get up to 91 before the cold front moves in for the next 7 days. That’s only 7 days of 90 plus degrees for the month so far. Our wildfire is now 20% contained, but the acreage is up a little to 375 acres. They’re doing a controlled burn out to help things along this morning. Thankfully, they sure know what they’re doing.
Enjoy your day, Folks. xoxo Happy Trails.
chris.smith618 over 5 years ago
Just a quick hello villagers. It is 85 degrees, overcast (with no rain in the forecast) and a pleasant breeze. Everyone have a wonderful day.