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When we first moved to Chicago suburb six years ago, it was in late September. Cold, cloudy days with no sunshine continued for days. I didn't know the existence of wonderful nature parks, a.k.a., forest preserves in my new neighbourhood. We left there two years ago.
We were back to Illinois again last month. It was in early September. The summer hadn't ended. The forest preserves were full of wildflowers as seen in this image and showed this wonderful gardenscape.
Wildflowers are gone and most coloured leaves have fallen. Winter is near. Hours of sunlight is short. Sunset is around 4:30. It is amazing how much the landscape has changed compared to the picture of a different lake in the same region in the comment below taken two months before.
Please continue prayers for my sister's husband Matt. Heartfelt thanks to all of you that have been praying and sending encouragement.
They have done all they can for now to dissolve the many, large blood clots and are going to see how he does in the next couple of days. He also had to go off food for now to try to heal digestive organs. Blood flow still slow in certain areas and kidney function is depressed.
Because of the hot weather that continued until mid fall, change of colors was so slow. In this forest preserve, green was more prominent than any autumnal colors.
A sea of spring flowers in mid-April in a garden on the flower island of Madeira.
For those who celebrate Easter, I wish you happy Easter days.
Ein Meer aus Frühlingsblumen Mitte April in einem Garten auf der Blumeninsel Madeira.
Wer Ostern feiert, dem/der wünsche ich schöne Ostertage.
For the group: Looking close... on Friday!
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Theme: Marble
Have a great Friday...
Debbie x
...eeps...they just appeared! Toby is quite intrigued!
heheheheh thanks Esme for the b-day shrooms for the garden XD A great addition to the gardenscape! And, thanks DH for letting me "borrow" your camera for a little fun... :D
Toby wears SugarMag set in Gina's TIB shop.
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Excerpt from heritageburlington.ca/heritage_property/shore-acres-estat...:
Mansion: The Main House on the Estate is an excellent representative of estate homes designed and built throughout the 1930’s. It is a three storey structure with an exposed basement on the northern exposure where the garage is located. The exterior is said to reflect the original farmhouse which was located on the same site.
The rectangular plan of the house is unusual in that each of the four elevations are distinctly different, in arrangement of features. A common set of architectural treatments tie the four elevations together. The third floor is graced with a hip roof of green shingles, and a regular arrangement of dormer windows on all four sides. The style of the house has a classical influence with a broken scroll pediment above the main entrance on the West Elevation. This was the entrance for visitors with a circular driveway which facilitated dropping off guests, and a one storey sun room on the south end. Above the main entrance is a full height arched window which is set in a stone arch. The pediment is supported by simple Tuscan columns, which are copied on the Southern Elevations as supports for the roof over the covered, tiled porch which has an octagonal room on top.
All four elevations are generously fenestrated with a some what regular pattern of similar sized windows with green shutters. Each rectangular window has a keystone with a five stone pattern lintel above also reinforcing the classical and French influences.
The East Elevation is a repetitive series of windows with doors accessing the formal gardens on this side of the house. The service entrance on the north elevation also has a series of standard windows.
The house is clad with grey and burgundy stone set in a course rubble pattern with approximately continuous, horizontal courses. The green roof, shutters and wood trim with the grey and burgundy trim combine for a stately complementary colour scheme, which blend in well with the surrounding vegetation.
Stewart McPhie, a Hamilton Architect, who also designed the McNab Street Presbyterian Church, was the designer of the approximately 11,000 square foot house. The existing architect’s sketches of the home as it appears today, are dated 1931, but it is unclear as to the date the house was completed.
Its massive proportions, classical features and formal elements reflect those of a French Country Estate home. The house has access to the formal gardens on the east, the fabulous lake views to the south and the more informal pastures to the west. Access to nature was one of the main considerations in the Architectural Movement in the 1930’s which started with American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and also was strongly evident in the English Arts and Crafts movement started in the second half of the 19th century. Both the home at Shoreacres and Lakehurst Villa were designed as excellent examples of the concept of the relationship of interior spaces to exterior spaces.
The interior of the home is decorated with the original screen panels in the lower hall, and the mural in the dining room. Both features were considered desirable in homes of this stature during the time in which it was built. Original lighting and bathroom fixtures are still present, as well as kitchen cabinets. The house is presently unfurnished.
The home consists of a basement, a ground floor with generously sized formal rooms, a second floor with 5 large bedrooms with fireplaces, and an attic with unfinished bedrooms as well. In the basement is a large room for storing riding gear, and preparing for riding. The room was most likely used to entertain after riding as well. There is a stable on the north-west corner of the property, as well as a Play house situated in a stand of ferns, west of the main entrance of the home.
To the east of the home is a group of formal gardenscapes or garden rooms. These are somewhat overgrown at present, but were once beautiful places to pass an afternoon.
Added a bit of the Orton Effect .... I rarely do but "when the spirit moves" or so they say. Check out (Google) the 'Gardenscapes' of american photographer Lynn Geesaman if you want to see it done really well.
- Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
Some context for yesterday's shot
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Excerpt from heritageburlington.ca/heritage_property/shore-acres-estat...:
Mansion: The Main House on the Estate is an excellent representative of estate homes designed and built throughout the 1930’s. It is a three storey structure with an exposed basement on the northern exposure where the garage is located. The exterior is said to reflect the original farmhouse which was located on the same site.
The rectangular plan of the house is unusual in that each of the four elevations are distinctly different, in arrangement of features. A common set of architectural treatments tie the four elevations together. The third floor is graced with a hip roof of green shingles, and a regular arrangement of dormer windows on all four sides. The style of the house has a classical influence with a broken scroll pediment above the main entrance on the West Elevation. This was the entrance for visitors with a circular driveway which facilitated dropping off guests, and a one storey sun room on the south end. Above the main entrance is a full height arched window which is set in a stone arch. The pediment is supported by simple Tuscan columns, which are copied on the Southern Elevations as supports for the roof over the covered, tiled porch which has an octagonal room on top.
All four elevations are generously fenestrated with a some what regular pattern of similar sized windows with green shutters. Each rectangular window has a keystone with a five stone pattern lintel above also reinforcing the classical and French influences.
The East Elevation is a repetitive series of windows with doors accessing the formal gardens on this side of the house. The service entrance on the north elevation also has a series of standard windows.
The house is clad with grey and burgundy stone set in a course rubble pattern with approximately continuous, horizontal courses. The green roof, shutters and wood trim with the grey and burgundy trim combine for a stately complementary colour scheme, which blend in well with the surrounding vegetation.
Stewart McPhie, a Hamilton Architect, who also designed the McNab Street Presbyterian Church, was the designer of the approximately 11,000 square foot house. The existing architect’s sketches of the home as it appears today, are dated 1931, but it is unclear as to the date the house was completed.
Its massive proportions, classical features and formal elements reflect those of a French Country Estate home. The house has access to the formal gardens on the east, the fabulous lake views to the south and the more informal pastures to the west. Access to nature was one of the main considerations in the Architectural Movement in the 1930’s which started with American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and also was strongly evident in the English Arts and Crafts movement started in the second half of the 19th century. Both the home at Shoreacres and Lakehurst Villa were designed as excellent examples of the concept of the relationship of interior spaces to exterior spaces.
The interior of the home is decorated with the original screen panels in the lower hall, and the mural in the dining room. Both features were considered desirable in homes of this stature during the time in which it was built. Original lighting and bathroom fixtures are still present, as well as kitchen cabinets. The house is presently unfurnished.
The home consists of a basement, a ground floor with generously sized formal rooms, a second floor with 5 large bedrooms with fireplaces, and an attic with unfinished bedrooms as well. In the basement is a large room for storing riding gear, and preparing for riding. The room was most likely used to entertain after riding as well. There is a stable on the north-west corner of the property, as well as a Play house situated in a stand of ferns, west of the main entrance of the home.
To the east of the home is a group of formal gardenscapes or garden rooms. These are somewhat overgrown at present, but were once beautiful places to pass an afternoon.