Weatherford Trip

*** Warning: This post is very image heavy. But they're pretty! ^_^ ***

Almost a month ago, Brian and I took a little mini-vacation out to the nearby town of Weatherford, Texas. It's a small, quaint town, with a couple of gardens and a historic district. We even made our way a little farther, into Mineral Wells, to see the famous, but now dilapidated Baker Hotel.

On our way home, we actually stopped to stay a night with Brian's mom and stepdad. We met up with some of his family the next day at the Fort Worth Stockyards, and had some fun.

I am only going to post favorite pictures, that I did some post processing on. If you click the title of each section, it will take you to the Flickr set of all the pictures I uploaded -- and there are tons, so I highly recommend it, they're so pretty! ^_^ Let me know if you have a favorite, or what you think! ^_^

Weatherford

The town square and some beautiful historic homes. I wouldn't mind living in Weatherford. Nice, quiet, and not too far from Fort Worth (for the city amenities). ^_^

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The Baker Hotel

The Baker Hotel is a huge hotel that sits towering over the sad little town of Mineral Wells. It was apparently quite the celebrity hotspot in the 1950s, frequented because of the apparent curative properties of the mineral water (hence the name of the town). Sadly, it has now been condemned, although there IS a FOR SALE sign. Wonder how much they want for it. As always in places like this, people claim it's haunted. What do YOU think? ^_-

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Clark Gardens

This garden sits on many, many acres, and it has some wonderful spots, including sighting of the swan, the shaded areas, the cute church and the white garden, among many others. Also has a little train depot, with miniature trains running in several tracks. Quite fun and pretty place!

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Chandor Gardens

Chandor was a portrait artist. Apparently, he painted many of the presidents back in the day. He created this garden, around his home, for his wife. Now THAT's love. ^_^ He was British, and infused that gardening sensibility with his love for Asian art. Even though this garden was much smaller than Clark, it was so green and tranquil. Such a peaceful place that one could easily settle into a chair in a shadow, with a good book and be lost for hours. Awesome, awesome place!

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Fort Worth Stockyards

We didn't spend too much time here, but we watched the cattle drive after some people ran the maze (that was featured on The Amazing Race a few seasons back). Also had some BBQ. It was a great, but exhausting weekend.