One of my FB knitting friends lives in North Carolina. She graciously picked me up and we had a day of amazing fun. First up to Asheville on a very cold day (36 – where I come from, that’s freezing). Despite the cold and the wind we had a great time.
The Biltmore estate, largest private home in America was built in the late 19th century. They do not allow photos inside and to be honest, if you want to see the exterior, google it.
There was an exhibition of clothes from Downtown Abbey, a lot of fun seeing the clothes in their natural setting.
Of course I took my camera and shot all kinds of pictures. Going through them I saw a theme – gargoyles.
Let’s start with the strangest of all. Not human, but is is male or female? Good thing it’s high up on the building, you can’t see these details without zooming in.
This one is clearly a woman.
An old man.
Dragons or griffins?
No gargoyles here, just an interesting roof line.
Not a man made gargoyle. The twisted, gnarled trunk of a grape vine in on the outside patio. Nature too has it’s way of making grotesques.
🙂 As many times as I have been to visit, I’d never noticed the different gargoyles. It helps if you look up, right? What a fun, fun day and so glad we got to meet. J
LOL, well I”ve trained myself to always look up, it’s amazing what one sees. And yes, it was a great day and I”m so glad we met in person.