Filoli House Garden 4

[bobinfaith]

Here are the rest of the photos we took at Filoli House Garden.

 

[Lanolin]

Impressive.
There's a castle in Dunedin called Larnach Castle (the only one in NZ) and its kind of like this but possibly even more grand. It had fallen into ruins but one family restored the castle to former glory and the gardens too. Now you can go visit and marvel at the 19th century luxury and excess.
The sad thing was the richest man in NZ (at the time) Larnach had a family scandal and then it all went pear shaped.

I'm guessing it's nice to have fancy furniture, but it's better to have your family on speaking terms with each other.

 

[Via dolarossa]

Of corse, a grand piano to finish it off

they certainly seems like they had a high life.
Glad you enjoyed it Bob