For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/LubSvEROliY. Ground floor & stairs This is the side of…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/3pYpKcmp5o4. Informal gardens We go through the lime allée and…
Background: The Mount The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, was completed in 1902. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V0a3Xc_6BXc. In 1897, at age 30 - long before she…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/lQYzlOFti3M. Gardens at the north end of Naumkeag This week, we're…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/MMlZuPW6zjg. Inside the house Ventfort (here and here) and The Mount -…
For more on Naumkeag, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/npmDQpdImZY. This week: more of Naumkeag's spectacular gardens. Naumkeag's gardens, continued…
This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/L4Gxc_QQWb0. Naumkeag (website here) is a 44-room “Berkshire cottage” in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Gilded Age mansion boasts fantastic gardens, spectacular views, and…
In 2022, I emailed 158 art-related items to my members of my free Sunday Recommendations list. For supporters, I recommended 52 more items. This week: favorite museums, plus architecture. Two of…
These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took last year in Colorado, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. To make the cut, the subject of the photo…
This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/mBIjL99oxMc. Just in time for Christmas (or birthdays, or long weekends...): Sunny Sundays, Highlights of FIve Years of Sunday Recommendations. Order from…