Summer Dreamin’ - The Mount - Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens
I am visualizing a getaway for my husband and I where we take a drive up to the Berkshires (I’ve never been), and spend the day at The Mount. (Chris if you’re reading, this would make a lovely surprise…) Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens. I am fascinated with the pictures. They are just so beautiful.
After walking through the house and gardens I want to have lunch at the terrace cafe and pretend that this is my house and we are just having a leisurely afternoon on our terrace. I know that this is near Canyon Ranch. Ideally we would spend the night there, have a treatment or two, take in the Gardens and Estate, and head back home feeling relaxed, refreshed, and inspired.
The only book I’ve ever read by Edith Wharton was Ethan Frome. I had to read it in high-school and I remember it just being to depressing to bear. Now I see that she was conflicted herself when she wrote it and that it may have been written after her therapist recommended writing to get it all out. Makes sense.
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