Mother's Day Weekend
Well we had the pleasure of spending Mother's Day weekend with Heather's parents. It's been a lot time since that was made possible. Saturday was our big day together, woke up early and went to the Farmer's Market early enough to avoid the crowds.
This farmer's market is the oldest one in the US that's been held in the same location. It's been running so long that George Washington's farm sold their produce here. Officially it's been running since 1753. After that Heather and her Dad went to the gym for a spinning class. So nice to have father and daughter exercising together, and go dad for doing a hard core class like that at the age of 68! Later in the day we prepared a picnic and went to the fabulous Hillwood Estate. It was one of the homes of the Post cereal heir Marjorie Merriweather Post. She had a good eye for antiques and her favorites were of French or Russian origin. The house itself was a living museum and when she passed away she left it for us regular folks to enjoy. I wasn't able to get pictures of the inside of the house as they ban cameras for security purposes and for the integrity of the old paintings and textiles, but I did get a few outside.
The front of the mansion was obscured by the fabulous landscaping:
The back of the mansion was overlooking a vast lawn and all the gardens (It also had a gorgeous view of Rock Creek Park):
A large green house stood on the property, here Mom, Dad and Greg stand in front:
The green house had a huge assortment of orchids, so you know Mom and Dad were in heaven:
By far the favorite of all the gardens was the Japanese themed one:
A view of the garden from the bottom looking up:
Mom and Dad in the garden:
Mom and Greg taking a break. There was a lot of walking involved!
The whole fam in front of the azaleas. We came at peak azalea season and they did not dissapoint:
This farmer's market is the oldest one in the US that's been held in the same location. It's been running so long that George Washington's farm sold their produce here. Officially it's been running since 1753. After that Heather and her Dad went to the gym for a spinning class. So nice to have father and daughter exercising together, and go dad for doing a hard core class like that at the age of 68! Later in the day we prepared a picnic and went to the fabulous Hillwood Estate. It was one of the homes of the Post cereal heir Marjorie Merriweather Post. She had a good eye for antiques and her favorites were of French or Russian origin. The house itself was a living museum and when she passed away she left it for us regular folks to enjoy. I wasn't able to get pictures of the inside of the house as they ban cameras for security purposes and for the integrity of the old paintings and textiles, but I did get a few outside.
The front of the mansion was obscured by the fabulous landscaping:
The back of the mansion was overlooking a vast lawn and all the gardens (It also had a gorgeous view of Rock Creek Park):
A large green house stood on the property, here Mom, Dad and Greg stand in front:
The green house had a huge assortment of orchids, so you know Mom and Dad were in heaven:
By far the favorite of all the gardens was the Japanese themed one:
A view of the garden from the bottom looking up:
Mom and Dad in the garden:
Mom and Greg taking a break. There was a lot of walking involved!
The whole fam in front of the azaleas. We came at peak azalea season and they did not dissapoint:
