Life Is Full of Sweet Spots

There’s nothing like the peace

of the countryside, the quiet

and the lack of distraction.

It helps you to focus

your mind.”

— Jenny Nimmo

countryside escape

tranquility wrapped in green

acres of treasures

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Built at the turn of the 20^th century as a summer retreat of the Augustus and Bessie Van Wickle family, Blithewold manor is a favorite example of the Country Place Era.  Designed in an English Country Manor style, the 45-room mansion with its grand views of Narragansett Bay, sits on 33-acres of gardens, ponds, specimen trees, rare and unusual plantings, rolling lawns, arboretum, stone structures and pathways • Photos by Jan Logozzo • “Tranquility” haiku by Mary O’Connor

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