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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 04:11 PM Aug 2015

Here are a few more pictures from Hearst Castle...Enjoy!

Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, next to the Indoor Pool:


A detail from the floor next to the indoor pool:


Next to the outdoor pool: (There was an ugly fence in the way, so I cropped that out.)


Another view of the gardens from the guest houses:


A sarcophagus in the garden:


A small statue:


A classic carving:



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Here are a few more pictures from Hearst Castle...Enjoy! (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 OP
wonderful photos! fizzgig Aug 2015 #1
Thank you, my dear fizzgig! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #2
Cool place, which nevertheless gave me the creeps when I visited it. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #3
It is rather dark in places, true. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #4
Oh, it's fine. i enjoyed checking it out- I liked it, it was just weird. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #5
Oh, good! I'm glad you enjoyed it. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #7
I remember thinking 'The Cement Pond!' when I first saw that in 1990! CurtEastPoint Aug 2015 #6
I am not familiar with The Cement Pond....what's that? CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #8
Beverly Hillbillies CurtEastPoint Aug 2015 #9
Ah, of course! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #10
Seems like he had a high opinion of himself. alfredo Aug 2015 #11
He did, I think. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #12
It's his Graceland alfredo Aug 2015 #13

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. Cool place, which nevertheless gave me the creeps when I visited it.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 04:23 PM
Aug 2015

I dont know, maybe I've watched Citizen Kane too many times.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
5. Oh, it's fine. i enjoyed checking it out- I liked it, it was just weird.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 04:30 PM
Aug 2015

it had a weird energy, to get all hippy-dippy about it.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
12. He did, I think.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 07:07 PM
Aug 2015

He had the money and he spent it lavishly.

I suppose many rich people have such opinions of themselves.

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