Hibernia Park

We couldn't have asked for more gorgeous weather yesterday! As my bestfriend Jackie would say 'It's southern California weather!' We packed up the car, headed out to West Chester to pick up my mom and then we were off to find something to do outside. Hibernia Park isn't too far from West Chester so we decided to check it out and do a little walking around. Kyle was excited to test out his latest baby wearing device, the Baby Bjorn. I'm personally not a fan of the bjorn, I prefer my wrap, but Kyle refuses to wear the wrap because it's not 'manly' enough. Anyway, we took a guided tour through the Hibernia mansion, hoping to capture some ghost 'orbs' I took photos of a few antique items and some room shots. Unfortunately I didn't get any orbs in my pictures, but did get some cute shots of Kyle wearing Carver. Tours like this make me appreciate living in the 21st century. Simple daily activities like going to the bathroom outside or in a chair with a little bucket on it, ironing with a hot piece of iron, and wearing multiple layers of clothing on a hot day certainly isn't my idea of a good time.

Here is the Hibernia mansion. Claudia, the tour guide, told me that the bright yellow was the original color of the home.

The two loves of my life...
Claudia the tour guide, standing in front of the original front door and standing on an extremely old woven rug that the county obtained a generous donation to have it recreated!
I thought this was a beautiful door knocker, and the mansion had TWO of them!
Original Victorian baby booties. I couldn't imagine having to button those up on a squirmy little baby.
Antique clothes iron, I played around with the equalizer function in photoshop with this shot.
The motley crew.
Super intricate handmade quilt signed and dated from the late 1800's.