Pearl S Buck International

Took the tour of the newly renovated  Pearl S Buck house yesterday.  What a fascinating display of  how a person can turn a hardship into a legacy.  Simply speaking, a daughter of missionaries was raised in China.  She matured, married, and gave birth to a special needs child who required residential placement outside of the home.  Results of the birth made it impossible for Pearl Buck to give birth again so she adopted children.  From the depths and realities of those life experiences came an award winning and best selling novel, The Good Earth, and an International Adoption Agency.

No photos allowed inside so here are a few from outside.



The Gardens

One of three beautiful archways leading to a  courtyard.

A place to sit and contemplate.

Spring Retreated

But not before a few glorious, sunny, and warm days to get me outside, digging, hauling and shoveling.

 

Before 

 

 

After

 

Shoveled two buckets of mulch around the back yard and this new little bed in front.

Furm created the number sign.

 

Finished up early enough on Wednsday for an outing.

By noon I was on my way to the Pearl S. Buck Estate.   I could not get past Moravian Pottery and Tile Works 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Chapman Mercer was a wealthy eccentric, artistic, inventive, compassionate and brilliant man.  He designed a factory for creating ceramic tiles and had it and two other buildings along the "Mercer Mile" in Doylestown constructed with poured concrete. He took his materials from the earth and the concrete was an excellent support for the tiles that he would decorate his home with.  Take the tour and you can see the artists working. Well worth it.

 

When you finish head on over to Font Hill, Mercer's Castle home.  That was a good tour too.  No picture snapping inside without a permit.  Outside only.

 

Oh, I forgot to mention...after Moravian, Patti and I headed off hoping to find a nice spot for lunch on our way to the Pearl S. Buck Estate.  We found the delightful Vintage Grill.  After our late lunch we  checked opening hours and well, that is why we backtracked to Font Hill.  I'm glad we did, aren't you Patti?  Pearl will have to wait for another day.