Back in Indiana for the Memorial Day weekend and the formerly-a-golf-course natural area is in fine shape. Ryder and I actually saw two water snakes but the bigger one bolted when it saw my shadow. The little guy was not so nervous- but we were further away from him.

Snowy trail 1

. you'll wake up one morning and fall in love with the summer air and rediscover the feeling of grass underfoot and the whole world will be telling you: "thank you for choosing to wake up again"

The police force always brought fear into our lives. Our family was never a place to feel safe.

The Stourton family had lived at the Stourhead estate for 500 years until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714. His son, John Meres, sold it in 1717 to Henry Hoare, son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare. The original manor house was demolished and a new Palladian Style house, one of the first of its kind, was designed by Colen Campbell and built by Nathaniel Ireson between 1721 and 1725.