Snowy Chautauqua

My favorite barn in the county.

My view from my favorite place in the house.

We spent a lovely nine days in Chautauqua, celebrating Christmas with Scotty’s family. We got to meet his sister’s fiancé, eat lots of yummy foods, cook for hours, celebrate Tim and Beth’s 41st anniversary, and see lots and lots of snow. It was a great time, even though all that snow delayed our flights by two days so our week-long stay was extended until New Year’s Eve.

“Thunder Bridge” on the grounds of the Institution.

Quite possibly the sweetest church ever.

The Boys and Girls Club at the Institution.

Looking up toward the Hall of Philosophy.

The Atheneum Hotel, where Scotty’s sister’s wedding reception will be held.

Winterized houses on the grounds.

As you all know, I’ve not been terribly inspired to take photos recently but all the lovely snow ignited a spark and I spent part of a morning walking around and taking pictures. Some of these are taken in the areas around where we were staying, others were taken on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution. 

The view from the house. It was incredibly peaceful to sit inside, Christmas music playing, and just stare out at the lake.

I hope you all had a good holiday break. Thanks for spending another year checking up on me here. I would say that my new year resolution is to blog more, but I am not sure that it is. I may be blogging less, but trying to be more intentional with what I do write. We’ll see.