A Month in the Life

Longwood Plantation:

It warmed up considerably by the time we made it out to Longwood. Although I couldn't take pictures of the bottom floor, I have to share with you this: the parlor set was ORANGE! the beds had ORANGE canopies, I was in love! One day, mark my words, I will buy an antique orange parlor set and pretend that I'm all fancy and whatnot. I wish you could see how pretty they were! And proof that Jane Austen is a common fixture in our home - the husband kept calling it Longbourne - one of the houses in Pride and Prejudice!

These pictures originally had tourists littered around the outside of the home, but my photoshopping skills have come in handy to bring you the beauty of the place, undisturbed by tourists in spandex (I kid you not!)

Stanton Hall:

The husband and I saw Stanton Hall on the show America's Castles - it used to be on when I was little and I was obsessed and is now available only on dvd. I made the husband watch it once and he became hooked as well. Anyway, I thought this house was on a lot more land than it was when we went to visit it, but no. It's a little off the beaten path in downtown Natchez, but still very pretty.

Funny story about some of the other pictures I took, but didn't post... the fence is high, really high. Probably more high since I'm so small. Anyway, I wanted to get a picture of the house sans fence, so the husband picked me up about 2 or 3 feet off the ground so I could get a look. There were people walking around that thought I was nuts seeing a little head and camera peaking over the top of the fence... some of the same tourists in spandex at Longwood, to be exact. I didn't think they had any reason to judge me for being short when no man should wear stretchy pants aside from Will Farrell and Jack Black.

Say a prayer that blogger will let me post tomorrow!

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