Photo Friday

I’m sharing a couple more photos from our recent visit to author and naturalist Gene Stratton Porter’s home in Rome City, Indiana.

Gene treasured her time on Lake Sylvan and when she designed her home there, according to our tour guide at the site, she included what she called her “Million-Dollar window” in the parlor to best showcase the lake view.

I also loved a pair of owl statues perched atop columns flanking the drive leading through the woods to the house, so I’m including this shot of one of those wise old birds.

Read more about our visit to the Gene Stratton Porter home in my story from last week, Indiana in bloom at Limberlost North.

We were fortunate enough to visit the home just as the wildflowers started to bloom in Gene’s gardens. Check out a few more photos to see what’s blooming at Limberlost North this spring in my Photo Friday post from last week.

Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

© Dominique King 2009

Comments

[Beth Whitman]

That top photo looks so relaxing!

[Caitlin]

I love the owls!

[Lorraine]

How is it that you always find such cozy corners of the world, and photograph them so peacefully? Makes me want to hang out with the owl for the afternoon with a good book.

[marina villatoro]

What a lovely place. You can tell how much love was put into it!

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[heatheronhertravels]

There's a lovely wooden owl statue down our road too - it sounds a very tranquil place.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatheronhertravels/3538579970/

[Dominique]

Beth-The entire home and garden site were pretty serene. It was a quiet morning, and we pretty much had the gardens to ourselves that day.

Caitlin-I had to make Tim stop the car so I could get out and take photos of those owls because I thought they were so cool!

Lorraine-the house had a great porch across the entire front of the building with a great view of the lake...plus there were several benches set around the garden...all would make great places to curl up with a good book :)

Marina-Gene did see the house as a real retreat from her increasingly hectic life. As her novels became more and more popular, it became even more important for her to find a quiet place away from the city to write and do her nature studies.

Heather-I've been down to the house several times, and it's always been a pretty tranquil place to visit. We had just six folks on the house tour this last visit, but Tim and I had a tour all by ourselves one year. You're also free to wander the gardens as long as you like.
The last time we were there, an older gentleman was showing the tour guide some photos of his Boy Scout camping trips in the area during the 1930s. It looked like an idyllic place then, too.