The day was just gorgeous and the ground has finally dried out a little, so Isaac and I went exploring through the Harlaxton wilderness. Our journey started in the conservatory...
I have to admit, I couldn't stop thinking about Professor Plum and the candlestick the entire time we were in the conservatory :) The conservatory was in pretty poor repair when Harlaxton was donated to UE, but now it is glorious, thanks to the generosity of many donors.
And you can see how blue the sky was today through the glass roof - it was a simply marvelous day. After exploring the conservatory, we walked outside and up to the Roman Garden - of course, we had to stop and see Bob, our favorite swan, in the reflecting pool on our way up the hill.
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| Way out of the conservatory |
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| View from the conservatory door - WOW! |
After checking out Bob, we ended up on the top of the hill behind the stone structure on the middle left portion of this picture. And here is the glorious site we saw...
Again...it took our breath away - it is hard to believe we live here. The path we took to the woods used to be the service road that was used to deliver goods through a little rail car that enters behind the manor near our room.
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| Service road behind manor |
We then continued up into the woods and here are some of the things we saw...
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| Path to what Isaac calls - the fern forest |
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| Looking up into the fern forest |
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| Isaac walking through the fern forest |
After we made our way through the ferns, we ran into a huge flock of pheasants. They were everywhere - the emerged out of the ferns and ran into the adjacent field. They literally ran on the ground. Then a few of them decided to fly out of their hiding places. The flying ones scared us to death - we couldn't stop laughing - it was just too funny!
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| A flock of pheasants running away from us |
We emerged down by the carriage house and then returned to the manor.
Who needs exercise equipment when you can walk through this beautiful landscape?!? We remain amazed that this manor was built in the 1730's - how did they create such a massive beautiful place? The craftsmanship is beyond belief.
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| Looking up at the middle of the carriage house |
Why, for example, did the carriage house, where the horses lived, have to look so nice? It really puts our barns to shame!
And of course, this blog would not be complete without a picture of a flower - signs of God's love surround us - we are blessed.
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