Yesterday I went with Pam to Julie Kamis's house off Dug Road in S. Glastonbury, and had a wonderful tour of her 10 acre farm and house, as well as the neighbor's garden. What a place! No pictures, it felt awkward to be fussing with the camera while the conversation was going on. Her house (a Colonial reproduction) is straight out of Deerfield in every detail. Exquisite. The barns too --- a dog kennel (clean as a tabletop), a 6 stall English horse barn, paddocks, it was all beautifully laid out and immaculately kept. What a place.
And she took us to the neighbor's gorgeous garden, built in the woods in Japanese style with a rustic teahouse and a burbling stream and pond. A ravine in the woods themselves, lit by dappled sunlight, was so beautiful.
Money. Lots of it. It can create a wonderland. But Julie is so unaffected and engaging, and she has such a passion for her home, her dogs and horse, it was all so appealing even if way out of my financial range. Wish I had taken pictures.
Sharon and David Mann came Friday and again yesterday to cut the new expanded gardens. Sod cutters --- what a time saver!
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| . . . . .cutting the new shape |
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| . . . . . not entirely happy with the shallow layout, but they work |
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