The day we began the car trek to Saint Louis, MI and the United Church and Family conference, we stopped for one more sight-seeing adventure. Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's "Little Mountain" is yet another place I would enjoy returning some day. With limited time, we were able to tour the house and some of the grounds but not the magnificent gardens. We saw they were magnificent because Mom and I ran to the entrance in a few spare moments and stood gazing in until the urgent calls of the men disturbed our wonder. :-)
Special mother/daughter time.
Monticello~Designed and enjoyed by Thomas Jefferson. When I toured this beautiful plantation, I was inspired to learn more about this fascinating man who decorated his home with his interests and inventions. When we stepped inside the door, we were at once struck with a variety of indian paintings, leather, animal bones, hides, and heads, dino bones and curious inventions of Thomas Jefferson. These indian treasures were brought back from the adventures of Lewis and Clark, and he arrayed his home with their discoveries.
With a finish carpenter who studies historical buildings and detail, and an architect/history buff in our group, Monticello was especially fascinating to Dad and Daniel. They had an eye for design and beauty, dicussing details that I didn't notice at all!
Architectural design . . .
A 1770's outdoor clock, above the original glass in the windows!
Tuesday was October 2. A very special day because it was Mom and Dad's anniversary! They enjoyed themselves together at Monticello, and celebrated by spending the night in their OWN hotel room . . . quite a privilage on that trip!
With our eyes full of beauty, we're ready to get back in the car again! I suppose . . . ;-)
3 comments:
Max, lose the shades! :) (I can never get away with that.)
I'm hoping you guys will post some of the "art" type pictures - some of those barbed wire/landscape shots were really good, and I'd like to see that one of the suspension bridge as well.
Ahh, I love that place! Sooo beautiful...would be wonderful to see it again. Great pics!
~Nikkae
...says the guy who is wearing them in his avatar. :)
We'll see what we can do about more photos.
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