It's hard to believe that Arlan and I have been married 7 years this past St. Patty's day. The time has flown by and I love him more with each year. This past week we took a short vacation to Northern Virginia to relax and get away from our busy lives.Arlan found this cute bed and breakfast back in the country bordering miles and miles of vineyards and beautiful old farmhouses. It was fabulous. We had a little cabin all to ourselves with a little fireplace and NO tv. (which we didn't realize till we got there) It's sad to say but at first we were like, 'what!!! no TV?' But they loaded the closet with games and books and we just settled in for a cozy time of fun.
This is our cabin below.
The Vauclause Inn had many different cottages and rooms but the main farmhouse was incredibly old and had the most fantastic old characteristics. Huge doorways, loads of fireplaces and hardwood floors.
All these features gave Arlan more and more ideas for our farmhouse. The projects just never end.The Inn was a few miles from old town Winchester so we spent and afternoon just driving around and looking at all the old mansions and vineyards they were all so beautiful. This mansion below was by far a favorite of mine and is actually a farmhouse. I couldn't get a good photo of the beautiful barns in the back of the house but it was amazing. Maybe with a little tender loving care our farm will look like that. Or maybe not.
3 comments:
that house is GIAMONGO!!! you look soooo tiny sitting out on the porch. that's hilarious about the tv. Jake and I would have been a bit disappointed too, but there are "other" things to do! (hee hee).
See you tuesday I hope!
happy anniversary! I know how the time flies. It will be 5 years for Jason and I in September already! Where has the time gone?
I finally took some time to check out your blog and I love what you have done with the house. Old houses are never done and that is the beauty of it. I love what the kids did with the art on the wall and I love what you did with the kids while removing the art from the wall.
Aunt Sheryl
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