Taking time to smell the flowers !!

Pictures taken today at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed seeing everything!!

The Wisteria was so fragrant!!

The Vanderbilt's "summer retreat" (late 1800's, early 1900's).
Lorraine's "summer retreat" 2010.

Lorraine (in August 2009) at the end of that enormous "front yard."

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Postscript, 5/22/2010: The captions I could not seem to list next to the pictures.

Tulips in the formal garden.

The rose garden will be spectacular this summer!!

Azaleas will be in bloom in a couple of weeks.

A long walk through the rustic informal grounds.

See the white spot in the center of the picture? A man and lady are standing where I was standing moments earlier to take the picture of the water falls.

The view from the front entrance of the house.