If I Had A Billion Dollars

mansions

F/11.0, 1/640, ISO 800.

Day 364 / 365

The other day I was showing my new girlfriend around the mansion, the 60 acre garden onto the jetty where the 3 yachts were moored then onto the garage with over 30 classic cars. Oh the look on her face was magic.
I can’t wait to see it when I tell her I’m the gardener.

Interesting Fact: Newport Rhode Island Mansions beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, wealthy southern planters seeking to escape the heat began to build summer cottages on Bellevue Avenue such as Kingscote (1839).[13] Around the middle of the century, wealthy Yankees such as the Wetmore family also began constructing larger mansions such as Chateau-sur-Mer (1852) nearby.[14] Most of these early families made a substantial part of their fortunes in the Old China Trade. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island )

24 Comments

  1. Olga's avatar

    Funny…I wish I had a billion dollars also. Thinking of Bare Naked Ladies song, but a million instead. Maybe not! Life of the rich, but are they happy! Ha ha!

    • throughopenlens's avatar

      That is a good question, I think the money just buys temporary happiness. Thank you very much for stopping by and sharing. 🙂

  2. lyart's avatar

    sorry about the 366, I just thought abot davply’s 365, whereas there will be 366 next year. Hope, all of them are good ones for you!

  3. Trang's avatar

    This is beautiful. It is a scene taken out from The Great Gatsby! I miss the east coast.

    Thanks for sharing. Are you doing the 365 project again in 2016! What a dedication, though. I cannot even last a week of daily photo.

    • throughopenlens's avatar

      Yes it does look like a scene from The Great Gatsby. Next year I will do stuff a little different you must wait to find out. 🙂

  4. Lui's avatar

    “I can’t wait to see it when I tell her I’m the gardener.” Loved this line. 🙂

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