Sunday, July 5, 2015

Home Sweet Home

I realized today that I've never shown you where I live. Here is our humble castle on the Gold Coast of Long Island...


 
 
Just teasing! I rode my motorcycle today to the Sands Point Preserve in Port Washington.
 
The castle was built a century ago by a man for his wife. It was modeled after Kilhenny Castle in Ireland. Turned out the wife didn't like it so she made him build another, more modern residence elsewhere on the 200 acres they owned.
 
This was the actual site used by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "The Great Gatsby." Now, it's owned by Nassau County and operated as a park. It's a beautiful place to visit on a sunny Summer afternoon.


 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

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15 comments:

  1. melbournebeantasterJuly 5, 2015 at 6:37 PM

    That is beautiful and another thing i need to put on my list of places to see :)

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  2. The Elle DiariesJuly 5, 2015 at 7:43 PM

    How fabulous is it that you can bike to see that and now have to travel to Ireland! So lovely and historic, given the gatsy provenance. What a pain the the @@@ wife, though. Thanks for sharing this!

    Any home is a castle if one is happy. You can quote me on that.! ;)
    xx, Elle
    http://mydailycostume.com

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  3. TrueScrapAddict@blogspot.comJuly 5, 2015 at 11:50 PM

    What an ungrateful woman!!!!! That is such a gorgeous building ... Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Witchcrafted LifeJuly 6, 2015 at 4:50 AM

    What a humble abode you have, dear Ally. :D

    Could you fathom having a house - and size house - built for you and not liking it to the point of asking for another to be constructed. I can't even register such greediness in with my own personal values. Wow! It's great though that it's still around and that plenty of other people have been able to enjoy and appreciate it for decades now.

    ♥ Jessica

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    1. ShybikerJuly 6, 2015 at 8:17 AM

      I'd hate to be the person who fixes that woman coffee in the morning!

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  5. SuzanneJuly 6, 2015 at 11:11 AM

    How many staff do you have? LOL

    Looks like a wonderful place to visit.

    bisous
    Suzanne

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    1. ShybikerJuly 6, 2015 at 4:22 PM

      Why, do you want a job? You can help me pick out clothes and shave my, um, hard-to-reach places. I'll pay you a Million dollars a year.

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  6. Destrehan's DaughterJuly 6, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    Gorgeous

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  7. LorenaJuly 6, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    Wow… I cannot believe she didn't like it !

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    1. ShybikerJuly 6, 2015 at 4:23 PM

      I can't believe she didn't say something until he was done building it!

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  8. two birdsJuly 6, 2015 at 5:04 PM

    How beautiful! I can't imagine having my husband build me a castle and then just being like, "Nah. No thanks! I'll take another."

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  9. KezzieJuly 6, 2015 at 5:19 PM

    It's so grand and picturesque!x

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  10. MiaJuly 7, 2015 at 12:20 AM

    American castles are so interesting. They're out of time from their European brethren! And usually built by eccentrics, I think--although maybe it's the act of American castle-building that makes them eccentric in the first place?

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    1. ShybikerJuly 7, 2015 at 9:26 AM

      What an interesting, true observation. Yes, both the builders of castles here and the very choice to build them are eccentric.

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