Outdoor Wednesday...

I'm participating in Outdoor Wednesday for the first time this week. Check out Susan's blog at A Southern Daydreamer for more information. She has a great blog.


Since it's really cold and not all that pretty out today I decided to post a picture of the outside of the beautiful old home that I get to work in everyday. It is approximately 160 years old and was built from a kit that came from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. It is supposedly haunted by a mean old Aunt named Sally and she comes out when the attic door is left open. Descendants of the family that owned the home come in and look at the house a few times a year and they tell us that she was buried in the walls when they built the house. Well, I've been here for approximately 3 years and haven't seen Aunt Sally yet. The most exciting thing that happens is that we smell incense in the dining room sometimes. Very interesting. We're nice to the "ghosties" (as we call them) and hope they're nice to us too! So far they have been. The house is Italianate in style and has a beautiful parlor, dining room, library and staircase. There are family heirlooms around the home and original oil paintings of the family members.

The house when the family lived in it (ca. 1890).

The house, as it looks today, in the springtime.

One of these days I'll take some photos of the inside of the house and post them here. Have a great day.