Flowers Abound

We are already deep into our workshop season with the painting and fiber/art quilt workshops, but we still take time to stop and enjoy the flowers that blooming in profusion all over the property.

We had a week of rain followed by a week of bright sunny weather that has really shifted the plants, vines, and trees in to high growing gear.








All that flower admiring is making me hungry! Here is a nice bowl of our house-made granola topped off with lots of fresh fruit that is always available for breakfast. Yum!

Spring is a Time for Change

Spring was a long time coming this year, so when the weather finally started to warm, like many I was struck with the urge to get to the closest nursery to buy some new plants for the garden!

Not planted this spring, but flowering for the first time are the gorgeous Muriel tulips, which my mother (who's name is Muriel) gave me for my birthday.

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We also planted two pear trees in the front lawn. Pear trees are such lovely trees, with their shiny leaves, and if we happen to get some pears to eat, too, so much the better.



The next major change was to the front porch garden. There use to be this big ugly shrub there. It was yanked out and in its place we planted three David Austin roses. The area surrounding the roses will be filled in with more perennials when I decide what they will be.



On the other side of the front porch garden, we planted another rose bush, along with some foxgloves, hollyhock, delphinium, and some "Dalmatian" flowers. Also coming up in this area are more of the Muriel tulips that I planted last Fall.



Mean while in the back yard, the flowering fence is being filled in with sprouting climatis and climbing roses.



The pool is sparkling and ready to be open for Memorial Day.

Room 2 - New Quilts

Another room outfitted in quilts I have made! This time it is Room 2, which is in the Main Inn on the second floor. It has a queen bed and a twin bed, so I made "matching" quilts using a star-in-a-square block. I do the design, piecing, and binding and then the quilting was done by long arm quilter, Karen Gibbs.

Here is a look around the room:

Looking Back to 1905

The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn was built in 1889 by William S Vanderbilt as a second residence for his family. He also had a house in New York City, where he served as treasurer of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.

Here is the house in 1905 (the one to the back right) . . .

And here it is in 2005 . . .

Wee Forest Folk Retirement List for 2014

As you may know, we carry the adorable Wee Forest Folk collectable figures in our gift shop at the inn. Every year some of these figures are retired from the line - making them even more collectable!

This is the list of figures retired in 2014. We have many of these still able in our shop inventory. You have to see them in person to really appreciate the incredible fine detail of each figure! They are such fun to look and always bring a smile to my face. Even if you are not a die hard collector (and I know a few!), they make a charming gift for any occasion.

Wee Forest Folk® is a small family business in Massachusetts that has been crafting these delightful miniatures for 40 years!

Snowscape at the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn

We finally got a nice covering of snow in our area, probably about a foot or two. It makes the landscape so beautiful and bright.

Here is a photo tour of the grounds that I took the morning after the snow storm.

The front porch - might need something a little warmer than hot chocolate to keep you warm in those chairs!



Snow is piled high, but the roads were clear already in the early morning. The snow plow crews in our area are great.



A decorative fringe of icicles!



Pressed snow anyone? (This is an antique grape press that Mark got from his grandfather.)



The back porch steps might need a little shoveling.



More icicles on the rear of the Main Inn. This area always gets the mother of all icicles because it doesn't get any direct sunlight.



Somewhere under all that snow is our creek.



This is the front of the carriage house.



The sculpture has a nice party hat of snow.



The wishing well. I'll bet some of you are wishing for Spring!



Icicle row behind the carriage house.



The snow was up to my knees. My foot is somewhere down beneath that snow.

Two New Quilts for the Rooms

I just completed the tops for two new quilts for the rooms. This is a Queen and Twin set for one of the 5 rooms that have that bed configuration.

They will now be taken to a local longarm quilter for quilting. When I get them back, I'll need to finish them off with a binding and then they will be ready to add to one of the rooms. I'm deciding between the North Cottage and Room 2.