Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, continued

A few more photos from the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion in Portsmouth, NH

In the Spring the Lilacs are supposed to put on quite a show here. Ahh, the smell of sweet, salty air . . .
Not to mention the sight of purple flowers contrasting against the golden mansion. It seems like a place I'd truly like to be come late May- early June. You should join me!

Looking out over the water towards New Castle. Just beyond the island and to the left of the bridge sits the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel.

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This anchor sits down by the water in front of the Mansion. Honestly I'm not sure what it symbolized. Yeah, bad reporting/blogging. Forgive me.
On the top of the anchor where the two cables crisscross sat a horrid spider. I refused to photograph it so Elise did instead. She was insistent, so here you go. Sorry about that.

And as I had mentioned before, here are some impromptu photos I took of Elise under that big, golden maple tree.

She's such a willing and playful model, I just love it!

After wards she took a few photos of me. My leaves-in-the-air didn't go as well as hers!

What a fun time the two of us had. I hope you enjoyed tagging along!

Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion

A couple weeks ago my daughter, Elise, got out of school early for a dentist appointment. There wasn't much to go back to school for so we decided to take advantage of the opportunity and drive to Portsmouth and New Castle. The foliage was still beautiful and you never know what photo opportunities might present themselves. Plus we're both adventurers.

My husband and I had visited the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion about a month or so ago but the weather wasn't the greatest so we didn't walk around. The day Elise and I visited the weather was perfect and there wasn't anyone else there. Perfect!

Located in Portsmouth with views of New Castle it's a picturesque place I tell ya. Just look at all the golden leaves. Not to mention I do love a yellow house!

It was a little overcast but not to bad

The house was built c 1753 and is where the Royal Governor Benning Wentworth resided until his death in 1770. The house and it's contents were auctioned in 1816, and it was sold again in 1886 to J. Templeman Coolidge.

After Coolidge died, in 1945, his wife offered the mansion and remaining property to the State of New Hampshire. The state has since restored the building to it's historic state.

I think this would be an amazing place to get married! Or visit in the winter after a newly fallen snow. I'll have to remember that . . .

As we headed back towards the parking lot and that gorgeous, golden, maple tree on the left, I asked Elise if I could take a few pictures of her. She almost never turns me down!

In the next post I'll show you the rest of the photos, along with a couple she took of me!

A couple of side notes:

* I found it amazing that no one else had seen a Sabastopoal Goose (the photos on this link are seriously beautiful!). Do you think my husband would notice if I snuck one into the backyard? I know Lily and Winston would!

* I so enjoyed reading all the comments about your animals in my last post. Obviously we have a lot in common! There's nothing like the love, and child-like quality of an animal to share your life.

And as always, thank you so much for stopping by : )

Sharon