Cicero is attributed as having said, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need".
This afternoon our writing group was treated to a tour of Kilmacrew House and garden in Co. Down, where local writer Helen Waddell once lived. Lovingly restored by her family, we saw artefacts and curios from her life, heard about her literary connections and saw the comprensive curation of her works, along with those of her extended literary family.
After enjoying coffee outside we had a guided tour of the garden. We were lucky to see the tail end of the many azalea and rhodedenron blooms as well as the spectacular candelbra primulas.
With a soundtrack of birdsong and buzzing bees, we left this truly idyllic place, our heads full of books, art and flowers, energised and inspired.
I can't imagine what else anyone could need in this beautiful place.
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