Saturday, October 13, 2018

my own little tour of the property

The property of La Demeure du Marais covers several acres. After breakfast, I had a bit of free time to go exploring, so I started my day by wandering around the grounds.

Here's the swimming pool:


Here's a view of the local church:


A tree that looks to be a good candidate for a living Christmas tree:


A small terrain de foot for kids:


A stone bench in a shadowy corner of the property:


The standard "me and my shadow" selfie:


My God: bamboo! We have bamboo in northern Virginia, where it also has the potential to take over the land:


A wall made beautiful by plants:


And more plants:


Lichen on old, dead branches!


Berries that look pretty but are probably not edible:







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