A visit to Blithewold (lots of pics)

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day , and my husband and I decided to visit Blithewold Mansion. www.blithewold.org It is less than 15 minutes from here, but we had never been. Cameras were not allowed inside, but I took some of the mansion from outside, as well as many in the gardens.

The front, along with a giant sequoia on the left. They boast that the grounds contain the tallest sequoias east of the Rockies.



The side



the rear - they were setting up for a wedding on the lawn



View from the terrace looking out onto Narragansett Bay

The gardens

The bamboo grove

What beautiful pictures Karen!!, I love the bamboo forest

Beautiful pictures, looks like a nice relaxing day out

What a beautiful day you had! I'm in love with all the flowers and bamboo.

How beautiful !!!!

What a beautiful place to spend the day! Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Georgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lucky!

What a lovely place, it looks as if you had a good day out. You captured that butterfly perfectly

Awesome pictures! The mansion looks beautiful!

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Great pics You must have had a wonderful day.

I love the butterfly pic,I was wondering if you know what kind of tree that was...it looks very strange with those branches.

Thanks everyone. :big thumb:

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I was wondering if you know what kind of tree that was...it looks very strange with those branches.

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That's one of the Giant Sequoias. I stood at the base and took the picture looking up.

Karen....
Some of your pictures should be shown in a gallery.
You use your camera to show us things that we would never see with our naked eyes.
Bravo!

Those photos are brilliant, very beautiful!

Wow Karen, awesome pics! What a beautiful place!

Karen, your pictures are absolutely beautiful I bet you had a wonderful time with your camera!

Wow, what beautiful pictures!! I would love to take a tour there someday.

Karen, those pictures are amazing! I love all the different colors and all the beautiful flowers. Looks like you had a great time!