Twyla on Tuesday - House Tour

Hello dear friends!

A couple of weeks ago I shared some

pictures of barns that I had taken

around our state.  Well, I also love to

take pictures of some of our beautiful,

historic homes!

I travel all over the state.  I absolutely love

Missouri!  The beauty of the countryside is

breathtaking and we have beautiful towns.

My favorite places to visit are towns with a rich

history.  All of these homes were built in the

1800's.  I've kind of made it a goal to visit

every area of our great state and am marking

off the roads I travel on a map.

I love to read about the history of each town.  It

makes the visit more interesting!

We had the good fortune Sunday afternoon to

visit this home (below) during an open house.

It is a grand mansion that was built in 1875

and has 29 rooms!

This is a picture in the upstairs looking

toward the 'rose' room.  It is actually a

small library.  The floors throughout

were two-toned, walnut and oak. 

This is the front drawing room bay

window.  Aren't those columns grand?

They had a rummage sale the week

before and it was still laying around.

Oh, how I'd love to move my stuff in!

One of our famous Missourians is

Mark Twain.  This is one of my

favorite quotes of his:

Twenty years from now you will

be more disappointed by the things

you didn't do than by the ones you

did do.  So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your

sails.  Explore. Dream. Discover.

I try to live that way.  I don't

want to regret the things that I

could have done, should

have done, or thought I

couldn't do. 

Thank you for spending part

of your day with me!

Wishing you much happiness!

Love, Twyla