Beautiful Buildings
There are so many incredibly beautiful buildings scattered around our country -- old, old buildings that are majestic and historic, quaint places in old towns, and gorgeous newer structures as well. Today I thought it would be fun to share a few of our favorites.
Walking with our cousins along Lake Ontario, we saw this gorgeous old building, beautifully landscaped, now used as a social meeting place.
Merrilyn and I saw our grandparents old home, which touched our hearts with warm memories of special family times. Although not a mansion, this home had a heart of love.
With our treasured friend, Susan, we toured Mt. Vernon, George Washington's beautiful home, ending our time there at the Mt. Vernon Inn eating Colonial Peanut and Chestnut Soup and fried green tomatoes.
With Becky & Lou Shirey, we did a driving tour of Macon, Georgia, and saw gorgeous historic homes and other historic buildings in that old southern town. My favorite house there was the Johnston-Felton-Hay House, built in the mid-19th Century with 18,000 square feet, 24 rooms, hot and cold running water plus 3 indoor bathrooms -- not bad for the 1850's!!
And then there's the house we just passed. From the front, this house looked quite mansion-like with incredibly tall, stately white pillars, a lovely front porch, sparkling windows. But from the side, it looked sad with peeling paint and needed repairs obvious to all who viewed it.
It made me wonder how many of us are like this: beautiful in the front we show to the world, but not so beautiful when you look closely behind the façade.
Praying God will help us be as beautiful and genuine on the inside as we are on the outside!
Walking with our cousins along Lake Ontario, we saw this gorgeous old building, beautifully landscaped, now used as a social meeting place.
Merrilyn and I saw our grandparents old home, which touched our hearts with warm memories of special family times. Although not a mansion, this home had a heart of love.
With our treasured friend, Susan, we toured Mt. Vernon, George Washington's beautiful home, ending our time there at the Mt. Vernon Inn eating Colonial Peanut and Chestnut Soup and fried green tomatoes.
With Becky & Lou Shirey, we did a driving tour of Macon, Georgia, and saw gorgeous historic homes and other historic buildings in that old southern town. My favorite house there was the Johnston-Felton-Hay House, built in the mid-19th Century with 18,000 square feet, 24 rooms, hot and cold running water plus 3 indoor bathrooms -- not bad for the 1850's!!
And then there's the house we just passed. From the front, this house looked quite mansion-like with incredibly tall, stately white pillars, a lovely front porch, sparkling windows. But from the side, it looked sad with peeling paint and needed repairs obvious to all who viewed it.
It made me wonder how many of us are like this: beautiful in the front we show to the world, but not so beautiful when you look closely behind the façade.
Praying God will help us be as beautiful and genuine on the inside as we are on the outside!
posted by Patty @ 7:09 PM
1 Comments:
At 5:06 PM,
Luke and Marla said…
Luke and I went to Mt. Vernon with his parents a couple years ago and had the Colonial Peanut and Chestnut Soup, too! We all liked it so much that Luke's mom bought a Mt. Vernon cookbook and sent us the soup recipe. I finally made it just a few days ago! It's better in the restaurant. :-)
So glad your trip is going well!
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