Where do pigs get their personality from?

For the Grandkids

Temple Newsam has a collection of rare breeds of farm animals.  How do you like the bare-necked chicken?  Not as pretty as the chickens we have at home.  The Hereford breed of cattle is now considered rare.

Temple Newsam

We spent Saturday afternoon with Elder and Sister Weston at Temple Newsam, an historic house built in the 1600s with a marvelous art collection, and a Capability Brown landscape.

(1500 acres of landscape) Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, lived here for a period of time. It was a warm day with lots of sunshine, so the massive lawns were full of families having picnics and visiting the farm. I'll post pictures of some of the rare farm animals they have in their collection.

Mornings for Missionaries

Hall Park

This park gets prettier every day now as blossoms come out and flowers begin to bloom.  It's a great place to walk (for me and dad)  and jog (dad).

More Yorkshire Dales

Since the Institute has been closed for Spring Break, we have gotten to see more beautiful country.  On our way home from Haworth we stopped at Chevin Forrest and climbed part way up the hills to get this view of the Dales.  It is a spectacular sight.  It only takes about 10 minutes to be out of the city and into farm land.

Bronte Parsonage Museum and Cemetary

One of my favorite books of all time is Jane Eyre. My mother showed it to me when I was still a girl living at home. Now, Wuthering Heights, on the other hand was a little disturbing. Only because I always want things to end happily and they just never did in this book. (Poor Heathcliff) I have only seen Tenet of Whitefell Hall on BBC. The Brontes were beyond talented. Just think what they might have produced had they lived longer. All of the Bronte children proceeded their father in death. His wife died in her 30s, followed by two young daughters who had gone away to school. It was common in Haworth for four or five families to share a privy, and for the waste to run down the street in open ditches contaminating water supplies. In spite of it all, Charlotte writes, "My home is humble and unattractive to strangers but to me it contains what I shall find nowhere else in the world - the profound, and intense affection which brothers and sisters feel for each other when their minds are cast in the same mould...." (spelling as she wrote it)