Can't believe how quickly Springtime turned to Summer, but it's really wonderful. I'm luxuriating in this Shakespearean Green World, in my natural habitat at long last after a rather grueling Winter!!
Now over the hill from me lies this 1818 church and 1800 one-room schoolhouse. There is nothing especially remarkable about such structures around here, but these ones have been out of commission for a long time, and remain perfectly intact portals into the early 20th century inside. I used to spy on it when I was riding my horse around as a whippersnapper; it's truly one of the most serene and graceful spots I know, on a gentle knoll flanked by meadowland.
Dig those velvet Victorian Eastlake chairs behind the pulpit:
I
am wearing a new-ish find here, a 1950s alphabet-print dress I picked
up for $10.
City of the Dead! No old Vermont church would be complete without one. Not as old as the nearby Blanchard, but still in use, and so very picturesque.
Hey, think they'll let me rent this room out to live in?! I will sleep on the bench, I don't care.
Here's that one-room schoolhouse from the Year of Our Lord 1800:
Hasta luego and a happy June to you all!!
Wow, these buildings are amazing. They look really well look-after, who do they belong to? There isn't much like that in New Zealand, but you can find old schoolhouses dotted around rural, agricultural areas. The single room my grandad was educated in still stands, derelict, in an overgrown field. How he became such a wise and learned person from that background is amazing to me.
ReplyDeleteLove the dress also. Anything for a good novelty print.
Thanks, Georgia Rose!! I don't know just who owns them, but I have a hunch it's the town or the historical society. It's sweet that they're so well-kempt, despite the fact I've never seen anyone there.
DeleteAahh the dress is such a find, you look gorgeous xxx
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DeleteThose buildings are incredible, so much history! I'd feel so magical if I'd have a chance to visit them. Your dress is such a cutie, lovely colour :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! That light blue color is one of my favorites for dresses!
DeleteI love that dress, as well as the country side pictures. All over Northern Alberta - the province in Canada I am from - are dilapidated barns, school houses and wheat silos left over from the days of train towns. This post reminds me a lot of those places, although Vermont looks much, much prettier and is probably way older.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Northern Alberta actually sounds so gorgeous and fascinating!! I'd love to take a trip out to the prairies some day!
DeleteI love all your photos of the old buildings in your area. I hope I get the opportunity to live on the east coast or in the south someday, so I can explore little hidden treasures like that as well.
ReplyDeleteYou dress is adorable and so are your Minnetonkas. I recently got a pair of the plain mocs in the wine color, and after a day of wear I found the sole of my feet had been dyed red! Haha. I want to find a pair with the beading though, I just holding out till I find my size in a thrift store!
Thanks Rachel! Hehe, my feet are usually a little blue at the end of the day, too!! And I hope you do get a chance to come East someday; both New England and the South are so chock full 'o' magical little old places, it never ceases to amaze me!
DeleteThere's a TV commercial here in Canada (it might be shown in the States, too, I'm not sure) where a chap is in a swimming pool in the summer, he blinks, and suddenly it's snowy and middle of winter. Reverse the seasons and that's pretty much what it feels like happened here this year, too. We went from snow at the end of April to +31C in early May! The second half the month was more in keeping with the seasonal norm though, but I sense that we're in for a real scorcher of a summer this year.
ReplyDeleteThat one room schoolhouse is a such a wonderful slice of the past. I've always had a fondness for old schoolhouses, and wish I could have gotten my education in an old-fashioned one roomer like that, too.
Wishing you a gorgeous, fun filled June, dear Dakota!
♥ Jessica
What an amazing place! I loved all of the photos you took from the window, it's nice to see that the place is still being looked after. Where I live there is an 1850s school house and farmstead but all have been fenced off since teenagers tried to burn them down and they are in such poor repair. I find it so sad to see beautiful old buildings in ruin so it makes me so happy to see that isn't the case with these ones. You look beautiful as ever in these photos, I'm glad you're having a wonderful summer :)
ReplyDeleteI miss VT, and I love your glimpses into your part of it. What beautiful places! I'm glad to hear they receive upkeep, since they really are treasures, as well as a window to the past.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous interiors. I don't know a lot about your great state of Vermont, but I now want to go exploring in it! And that ABC dress is a killer diller. Great photos!
ReplyDeleteYou look stunning in that adorable dress, I love how you've done your hair. What a fascinating place, incredible victorian features - wouldn't it make the most amazing home (in our dreams!). Your photos are wonderfully evocative of those bygone times.
ReplyDeleteAmazing!
ReplyDeleteYour posts always make me want to live where you live. So perfectly dreamy. You look utterly stunning of course!
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