Land of Bliss and Shadow

 Just a little something for fun; the timeline isn't exactly canon. Photo credit:  Pinterest

  Chapter 11 sketch: Just some Fall oak branches blowing in the wind and rain.  Though Maine was known for the stout oak trees that were used to build revolutionary war-era sailing ships and grand homes like Collinwood, there didn't seem to be a lot of oak trees in the forest outside of the Great House.  At least not as many as the deadly nightshade shrubs that Angelique was quick to find. Chapter 12 heading sketch: It was hard to catch an un-fuzzy view of these candlesticks that graced the Old House's parlor mantlepiece, so some creative license was in order.  This is my favorite sketch of the bunch. Chapter 12 end sketch: The pattern of the grand entrance doors to Seaview Terrace (Carey Mansion), reimagined on the studio set of the  Collinwood foyer.   

 

 An image of an antique brass 19th Century inkwell set I found on the internet.  It seemed to me like the ornate style of inkwell that Barnabas's family might have had in the Old House.  I didn't get it quite right.

 Only two chapters left!

 This is an easy one!  These doors occur in two places: In the real Seaview Terrace (aka Carey Mansion) dining room in Newport, RI: And an interpretation of them on the DS set as the Collinwood drawing room doors.  You know - the ones that everyone closes for privacy but that anyone in the foyer can hear through:

 

  Yes, it's just a doomed string of pearls, but... ...it COULD be this string of pearls:

  Let the seance begin......