My pictures from Skylands this weekend!
This past weekend, a group of us flew to Skylands, my home in Seal Harbor,
Maine. The purpose of the visit was to work with Pierre on my new
entertaining book. A rather heavy snowfall made for a beautiful and
exciting visit. Skylands is gorgeous all year round, but, it's truly
magical in the snow!
Beautiful Skylands in the snow - March 1, 2008 - this is the “roundabout" - the circle drive to the house.
This is the back gate covered with snow.
A view down the long drive which eventually reaches the house - "Rockefeller teeth" edge the drive
Our first glimpse of the house.
The “Rockefeller teeth†are really big granite stones set on edge to prevent anyone from falling thirty feet down behind a wall.
Here's our own plow, which can easily care for the roads in such severe weather.
Blake is one of the groundsmen at Skylands - he and an expert crew take care of the place year-round.
A young picea (spruce) at Skylands with a coating of what looks like cotton candy snow!
All the branches look so soft and fluffy with the new-fallen snow.
My Brazilian barbecue grill sits under a covering of snow.
One great feature of the garden is the “council circle†where, in the summer, we roast marshmallows and tell ghost stories.
The towering pines behind the house
A view of a portion of the back terrace which, on a sunny day, overlooks the sea and Seal Harbor
These are pink granite cliffs covered in ice and snow.
the western terrace layered in snow
a stone planter
The perfect time for cups of steaming rich and dark hot chocolate!
A snowy day looking from inside out of a leaded glass window.
Our photographer, Frederic Lagrange, taking beautiful images inside
while I went outdoors and captured the blizzard and snow with my Canon
G9.
Eventually the sun came out and the day was glorious!
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