PINK SATURDAY - MORE OF BOLDT CASTLE

WELCOME TO "MY"

 

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THANK YOU BEVERLY FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP PINK SATURDAY the fabulous and best Blog party in Blogland.

HAPPY 41ST ANNIVERSARY TO MY DEAREST FRIEND AND HER HUBBY

Some of our blogging friends know that we have been friends for almost as many years.

How special is that?

VERY SPECIAL!

DO YOU REMEMBER BOLDT CASTLE?

 

Boldt Castle is a 120 room mansion that is located near Alexandria Bay, New York. The castle was designed by the firm of W. D. Hewitt and G.W. Hewitt, Architects, Philadelphia, Pa., who also designed Druim Moir castle in Philadelphia.

Boldt Castle was built at the turn of the century by multi-millionaire George C. Boldt for his wife, Louise, as a testimony of his love for her. Mr.Boldt invested over $2.5 million to build this replica of a Rhineland castle. He planned on presenting it to his wife on Valentine's Day. Work was underway on the eleven buildings that would comprise the castle complex when in January of 1904 Louise Boldt died, ending the dreams of a lifetime. George Boldt ordered that all work be stopped and for 73 years the Castle and the other structures on the island were left to the forces of nature. The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority acquired the property in 1977 and decided to preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations. Since then several million dollars have been spent rehabilitating and restoring the castle and surrounding structures.

The entrance of Boldt Castle with Deborah at Miss Bee Haven.

 

 

Staned glass at entry.

 

 

The ceiling stained glass dome.  The heart theme is throughtout the castle and in the gardens.

 

Mrs Boldt.  Everything about the castle and gardens were built for her because ot Mr. Boldt's great love for his wife.

 

 

Mrs. Boldt's bedroom

 

Fireplace in dining room.

 

Dishes on display.  We Bloggers love our dishes!!!

 

Even the Island is in the shape of a heart.

A sad love story.

Thank you Claudie at, French Pink Poodles and Pearls, for a fabulous time in Canada and Boldt Castle.

Happy Pink Saturday

Love,

JEANNE

 

Comments

[claudie]

You are sooooo welcome Jeanne. Didn't we have a fab time? I posted on the Summer Breeze fb about our picnic talk from Juliet. TOO FUNNY.
Happy PS.
Nice talking to you yesterday. i swear we will never run out of things to talk about sista # 3.
LYTTMABA
xoxoxoxoxo

[Cindy Adkins]

WOW, this is amazing!!! What a gorgeous post!!
XO
Cindy

[Susie Jefferson]

What a brilliant restoration - I loved my little tour. You look like you had so much fun. Happy Pink Saturday!

[Donnie]

That was a fun tour. I learned a lot and I'm glad you all had a great time.

[Kay Ellen]

What an amazing destination and tour :) Wonderful Jeanne!
Happy PS!

xo
Kay Ellen

[Charo]

Amazing, thanks for the tour!

Happy Pink Saturday!
Hugs
Charo

[Sue]

How neat that you shared such a special Love Story and the amazing Boldt Castle. That's some place I probably will not see in person, so thank you for the tour and seeing it through your eyes and camera was very special. Love the dishes...of course! Hi Honey built a Love Shack for me....and you know we enjoy our screened in porch nearly every morning...wasn't that sweet of him!!!

[wendy]

That was so totally fun wasn't it. I am so glad they are restoring that amazing place.
How have ya been........I wish I were coming in October to hang out with you again. I don't think I can get enough of my summer breeze gals. I have so many funny things to think back on.
I "heart" you.

[wendy]

I went back and got caught up on some of your other posts. HOW DID I MISS so many. I really just haven't been on the computer quite as often as I am in the winter for sure.
anyway.....enjoyed it all
Big Hug from sista #6

( I think if we ever get the chance for all 6 of us to be together again, we need to get t-shirts made with our NUMBERS on it. )

[Kaye Swain]

Oh how lovely, with such a romantic flavor. Wouldn't that be fun for a field trip for grandparents and grandchildren.

Happy Pink Saturday, my dearest friend. I hope you are having a great weekend with your family. Go Gators! It is rainy and chilly here today.

I love this place. I am enchanted by the love which inspired it. Gorgeous.

[Leah Beecher]

What an interesting story, and amazing photos. I just jumped on Pink Saturday and have found so many great blogs. You did a great job capturing the castle.
Cheers,
Leah

[dana]

HPS Jeanne! I thought of you a while ago when I was "surfing" the channels and saw FLA vs TN! I don't know who won cuz I fell fast asleep! FL was ahead then.

We had a HUGE busy day (weekend) with the 5K! It didn't rain, but it was very cold. The Gr. Kids were darling....the hubby/photographer did a great job watching them and getting action photos of us as we neared and crossed the finish line.

I fixed breakfast food afterwards for us and included my niece and a friend of mine. It was so much fun...but it nearly did me in! :)

My much younger friend (by nearly 20 yrs) and I paced together...this was her first 5K where she ran the entire distance!! She was thrilled and so was I that I was able to keep up with her. Our official time was 33:08.....I had us at 32 something. Whatever, I was happy cuz a chunk of the course was on an incline and it really took the wind out of my sales..it's hard to recover and complete nearly another mile after than. However, we did and it was so fun!

I loved this castle tour!! You guys just crammed so many adventures into your Summer Breeze!!!

Hope you're having fun on this trip...have a safe journey home!!

L, Dana

[Sarah Coller]

That's beautiful...and yes, sad! I had the neatest thing happen this morning though because of your post! As I was reading the history you wrote up, I thought to myself that it sounded an awful lot like the story behind our Maryhill Museum here in Eastern Oregon. I went to the website and read about the history of our museum and found that the stories are vaguely similar but not close enough. Now I'm curious to find out why our local legend evolved to sound more like the history of the castle you described?? Anyway, hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

HaPpY pInK sAtUrDaY!
Sarah

[Anne]

Jeanne your shares are always so impressive! But the friendship you speak of is totally amazing. Love to all of you! Anne

[Ali]

These are great!! I love the composition..the way the corols play off one another is just wonderful. I wasn't around for the entire month of color but what I did get to enjoy was fantastic. You never cease to inspire. I look forward to seeing what your focus is next month till then you rock making a Princess castle cake you have to share pics! My daughter would go bananas!! What a good Mom and fab artist you are sending you warm breezes and many memorable days

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