First Friday Photo -August ’23
Posted on: August 4, 2023
Belle Fontaine, Lenox, MA
What started out as a summer home for a financier at the end of the 19th century now serves a summer break for seekers of relief from worldly stress as a designer resort. To me, it doesn’t seem like things have changed all that much for the embattled Gilded Age Mansion, Bellefontaine.
It’s a magnificent building even now. The Canyon Ranch Resorts people have done a pretty cool job with the place, especially given how little of the structure they acquired after the fire destroyed most of the interior in 1949. I believe the only survivor of that disaster was the library (YAY!!!).
I can’t be sure. I wasn’t alive during its heyday, and I’ve never stopped into the place to this day.
I have walked a majority of the grounds in the past few years, enjoying the trails and fountains and bits of what once was, hidden in various places about the resort. I’ve met staff and guests and always found myself glad I went there. I hope you enjoy my little visual tour as much as I enjoyed making it.
Again, I hope you had a wonder “walk” around Bellefontaine. You can find out more about its history here, here, and here as well.
** This image was taken with my iPhone, and I fiddled with effects there. All others were taken with my Samsung Note 5… yes, all cellphone pictures. Nothing professional here, sorry.
#FirstFridayPhoto – June, 2023
Posted on: June 2, 2023
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Everything’s coming up roses!
As I noted in my post last Wednesday on my playtime blog, today’s offering presents my new Green Thumb… or at least some of the effects of it.
Nah, really, it’s all about the resiliency of these lovely plants that have managed to not only survive not being ignored for years as the previous owner was unable to care for them, then had to deal with my less-than-stellar pruning and weeding skills (my Grandfather was right though… sometimes cutting off the weeds with scissors is best, instead of damaging the delicate roots of young plants).
Now, they are glorious.
So there it is… a few happy pictures of green new life and how all things can be redeemed. I’m using these images of reminders for my writing, and that yes, I can get my creative energy back with work and care.
If you’d like to jump on in and join the First Friday Photo bloghop, just add your link to the little blue froggy in the sidebar.
May First Friday (a photo or two)
Posted on: May 5, 2023
Hi. Welcome to this little thing I’m trying to start.
For a few years now I’ve been trying to setup (with dreadful inconsistency) a little bloghop called “First Friday Photo”, where I hoped to share my joy of pictures with others. I hope you enjoy my offerings and join in. If the linky (the little blue froggie on the sidebar) isn’t active but you’d like to link a post, just add it in down in the comments and I will add you.
For now, here is May’s offering:
Wall Paintings
What is true art? How do we value it?
Is this medieval wall painting (revealed during a restoration in the 1950s) of more value than the mural on the wall of a brownstone in north Troy, NY?
You decide.
A Garden of Delights 