Lucky Numero Seven

When we started out on our trip to celebrate our seven year anniversary, this was how happy we were. We headed up to South Carolina upcountry to The Red Horse Inn.

It was fine details like as simple as this gold vent cover that made our little cottage a piece of homely heaven. Beautiful finishings on these cottages, that were finished by hand by two hopeless romantics, kept me in awe. There hand written notes, rose petals, ribbons wrapped on wash cloths....etc.
Our private cottage, "Carriage Bay".

From this ten foot handmade door with antique hooks.....

To the self-designed main house that had constant angel-like music playing from ....the mountains for all I know. Was it my imagination?

To the breakfast placed carefully in our fridge for us to eat at our convenience...with freshly squeezed orange juice and creme fraische for our grapes and granola. YUM.

To the amazingly immaculately kept grounds.

Jason and I made sure to take time to enjoy the simple beauties and make adventure for ourselves.

We took a walk down an unmarked trail through the woods and even found remains of.....??? And turkey feathers....

We enjoyed the beautiful surroundings, complete with ferns everywhere.

We ventured out to some local land marks. This is South Carolina's only remaining historical covered bridge built in 1909??? Does this not remind you of the covered bridge in "Beetle Juice"? Perhaps it was...

Thought it looked cool in B&W.

Then we set off on another adventure to find another historical landmark- "Poinsett Bridge". This was built in 1820. It was part of the main road from Greenville, SC to Asheville, NC.

There were HUGE beautiful monarch butterflies everywhere.

Another covered bridge. This was was cool but not as historical. Ballenger's Mill Bridge.

The restored Ballenger's grist mill.

Then on our way out of the Ballenger's Mill compound we stumbled across this house. I have always wanted to go into old houses, but never had the moment to....

So, we seized the moment...It was unlocked!

This was fireplace. We are assuming it was really inefficient once the house was updated and got heating and air and so they covered the fireplace with stone.

I wanted to take this fixture with me...no one is using it. I resisted. Jason's head almost touched the ceiling. And the house was so uneven (the ceiling, floor, walls, etc.) that I literally had vertigo just walking through it. You know those "Fun houses" at fair where the mirrored walls move and so you feel like you are moving??? That's what I felt like. Like the house was moving.

CREEPY.

We spent a lot of time walking through antique stores. Jason was admiring and trying on this....underwater gear??? We did make a few AWESOME purchases. Jason found a suit for $10....just his size. I found Q a rockin AC/DC shirt. And for myself I got this circa 1985 puma sweatshirt.....TBC later on that....:)

What I was trying to capture was.....

THIS. There were wild turkeys everywhere. These were right behind Jason's head in the above picture. Right outside our door.

The garden at the main house. With a lily pond.