There are prettier gardens at Tryon Palace...

but this one is my favorite!!!

--A Victorian Cowgirl ♥

Oh dear goodness!!

Oh wow it has been a whole month EXACTLY since I posted. In the words of Americas sweetheart, Miss Shirley Temple, "Oh my goodness!!". I have had guests to stay, and I am now on vacation in MD with some family friends. I thought I would share a few photos so here goes...

-- A Victorian Cowgirl

A walk with you, 337 miles away...

We find ourselves missing people as we go throughout our days.. So, why not come up with a fun way to spend time together no matter what the distance that separates you is?

Today Justin and I took a "walk" around DC. He took photo's with his phone, and sent them to me, so I could see what he was seeing!! It was very fun to receive the photo's and to know that this was a new experience, and a fun one... that we were doing together.

Some of the detailing on the window and it's grates...
 

Some very pretty architectural detailing as well!

Lovely photo here :D

One of my favorite sorts of photo's are something called "Dutch Angles". Isn't it Fabulous?!

More in the way of beautiful architecture..

Love the pillars, and the little rosette ceiling pieces that join the corners of the squares together :D

Lovely Garden view...

Isn't the little spiral topiary adorable? I love sculptural things like that in a garden, they add so much visual interest, besides there just being pretty flowers.

 

A close-up of the Sun dial

Full Sun dial.. isn't the silvery hedge beautiful?

I bet it would be a breath taking site to see on a moonlit walk..

Outside of the Smithsonian Castle

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

The Silver Tree
Now, if only there was a money tree...

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden

The Fountain



A view of the Fountain through the Gates




More of the lovely Fountain!



I have been to all of these places before with Justin, on my last visit to the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. So seeing them through pictures, and knowing we had walked there before was an extra special treat full of many fond memories.. 


So, when you find yourself missing that special someone, or your dear, dear friends..
Take a walk down memory lane, or see what interesting ways you can find to see each other!

-- A Victorian Cowgirl

My Recent Trip to Maryland and Washington DC

Inside the Smithsonian Castle

Outside the National Gallery of Art


A shot of Justin and I reflected in the mirrored artwork outside the National Gallery of Art, while touring the museums in DC.

The inner garden at The National Gallery of Art

I had a GREAT time on my recent trip to the DC area, and I can't wait to do it again...

-- A Victorian Cowgirl

More Pics from Tryon Palace with L.L.P.E.

OK, So.. I said I would have to split it up and put it into two different posts.... VOILA!! Here it is :-)

I thought this was a cool pic. He snapped this one of the candleabra and ended up getting me in the background... the reciprocal of this (the one of him I snapped at the same time) is in the original post...

Someones first Pepsi... LOL

Pepsi-Cola Birthplace

More Pepsi-Cola

...Mr. New Bern Bear...

The Iron work on the 2nd Entrance Gate was beautiful... Just had to get a pic.

Pretty flowers at a Lilac house in the Historic District/Downtown New Bern

...Another pic of the flowers...

The wedding I was speaking of in the original post

....RUN....
LOL

Me, at the Guards Watch Station at Tryons entrance

Justin, at the Guards Watch Station...

A bench and the cool tile/brick walkways inside the Carriage House

Above the entrance hall outside of Tryon Palace

The brick work on the walkway, near the Guards Watch Stations...

--A Victorian Cowgirl

Tryon Palace With Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Elegance

I recently (... ok, so I was supposed to get all this up like 3 weeks ago right after it happened, but I was being lazy...) went to Tryon Palace with Justin. So, here is me putting up all of the pics ... FINALLY!!

I know I posted this pic the other night, but I just love it!!

I was playing around and being silly with the camera, and so was suprised when it turned out like this. I just wish his shadow wasn't in the flower bed... LOL

The "Butterfly" Garden

The carriage house. We realized that they designed a way to keep the entire mansion very semetrical by making something as simple as a carriage house, have the same look as the other side where the kitchens/laundry rooms are.

I caught this one by accident,

but I love the way the suns rays came through.

God really does some amazing things!!

"Dutch Angles" are Ahhh-mazing :-)

Didn't this one turn out to be a good one?!?!

This really is one of my favorite pictures!!

Reading about the different gardens at Tryon right

before we entered the "Butterfly" Garden.

...Early Spring flowers...

I really like the iron detailing on the brick water well here.

I wish there were more flowers when we went, because I went back about a few weeks later and it was in full bloom, with tulips and roses everywhere!!

We sat here for a little while, and had a nice chat, while we took a breather from walking...

I think somebody was having fun with the all the photo-taking. :-)

All of the photo's here today actually are from both of our camera's so it was a very good day. Thank you Justin for the pics!!

I love this how this pic turned out... This was the good one. And, I am glad I was able to catch a view of both gardens!! We had a good time in the garden shown in the background through the gate with the statue. Unfortunatley, we were having too much fun (ok, so not so unfortunatley.. LOL) to remember to take any photos.

Statues in the Center Garden...

Beautiful early Spring flowers!!

More flowers...

BTW, all of the candelabra's you see are from a wedding

being held at Tryon that day.

So, I realized this morning that I am going to have to split this up into two seperate posts because of all of the beautiful pictures I want to share!! LOL

-- A Victorian Cowgirl