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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 5:33:46 PM
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On my little blog, I posted up about our one and only Kentucky Castle with a photo...go take a peek.  I'll be sure to take a photo once the renovation is completed. Hopefully I'll be able to go inside and take some photos. It's something that has been a memory since I was little.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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RachelLeigh
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rachel
Rainier
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:17:37 PM
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Thanks for the update! I didn't realize that it was being rebuilt after the fire. I remember the first time I drove past it...I had never heard of the place but I was like "Whoahhh! COOL!" I was bummed when I heard it had burnt!
Farmgirl Sister #127
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:25:00 PM
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I always thought that was such a sad story, Jess. I'm really glad to know it's being continued. I can remember my daddy driving me by it on our way to Keeneland for the Spring meet and telling me the story of the man and his love.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:41:11 PM
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I love Keeneland in the spring time. They have the prettiest trees. We've been to a few of the races just to watch the horses and relax.
The castle is just beautiful. They are hoping to make it into a bed & breakfast and also host events like weddings, etc. It is just about 5 minutes from us but we drive by it almost every day. I'll post up new photos this week to show more progress.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 6:45:30 PM
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That would be great. I thought I saw some activity there last Autumn when I came to Versailles to visit the not-so-little girl I used to babysit, Jill. Her father and my father were horsemen at the tracks together, and her daddy passed away just before she turned 18, and he had promised to take her to Keeneland for her birthday, so I went in his place. Both springtime and autumn at Keeneland are incredibly beautiful!!!!
It would be great if love could actually live in the castle this time, right?
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2008 : 7:29:03 PM
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Let me see what the schedule for Keeneland is. You can take morning tours even when it isn't racing season. It is so beautiful there. You'll have to come back down there to visit the grounds and then we'll take an adventure to Wilma's!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow...
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