On the Road and In Your Backyard

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Any day with llamas is a good one, I say – enjoy the pictures!

Today, pictures from valued commenter BretH.

We spent Thanksgiving with my Mother-in-Law who lives just outside Chapel Hill, NC. We can’t all squeeze into her farmhouse any longer so my wife finds us BnBs to stay at when we visit. This one was the most extraordinary yet – a stone house set in a horse/animal farm with art everywhere.

Taken on 2018-11-23 00:00:00

There’s a pond on the property, a short walk through the woods from the guest house. As you come upon the pond the most noticeable thing is this sculpture which looks to be nymphs jumping off rocks in the pond. Then you notice the whole thing is slowly circling about in the water and it becomes apparent that the entire thing is a floating piece of art.

Taken on 2018-11-22 00:00:00

Featuring one of three friendly cats (this is Butch Cassidy) the house is exquisite, with works of art everywhere from the owner’s mother’s estate. Everywhere there are special touches that reflect the farm – “pig” hand towels in the bathrooms because there’s a household pig on the property, peacock fireplace grates because, yes, there are peacocks wandering around.

Taken on 2018-11-22 00:00:00

What a room to wake up in. I had been awake earlier but finally decided to get up because the animals were being fed. Certainly beats a hotel room, at least for me.

Taken on 2018-11-22 00:00:00

Along with the pig and peacocks there are three llamas that roam the property. This is extra cool for me as I was actually born in Peru. They are not the most friendly of creatures but I did manage to give the black one a few scratches, and found one of the light ones liked little apple bits. Wife is coming back from a morning run.

Taken on 2018-11-22 00:00:00

Another neat thing about the place is the artwork – the husband is fond of art and it appears everywhere – these columns are in the middle of a horse pasture, I believe because the husband admired a painting of columns in a field. So his wife got him these for a birthday present.

 

Thank you so much BretH, do send us more when you can.

 

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