80+ THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT A PENHOUSE RETREAT
1. an island filled with bluebells in April
2. a farmland view in every window
3. Wifi in every room
4. sound of spring peepers in the evening
5. hedge apple firewood
6. redbuds along the lane
7. fresh gravel on the road!
8. Starbucks coffee in the morning
9. Orion striding above the trees
10. limestone spring house with eternal spring
11. 3 meals a day straight out of the garden
12. red-lipped trillium
13. rain on the tin roof drumming
14. Elkhorn Creek vistas
15. sugar maples ripe for sap tapping
16. garden peas for supper
17." kilt wild greens" for lunch
18. scarlet tanagers
19. indigo buntings
20. phoebe nesting above the door
21. Kentucky historic landmark home
22. Firm beds & a good night's sleep
23. twelve blooming apple trees
24. biscuits made on a woodstove
25. 1,525 books to read and counting
26. nightly chimney swift aerial show
27. peace and quiet
28. the sound of your own thoughts
29. swallowtail butterflies
30. blue-eyed Isis by the back door
31. four leaf clovers and the luck that comes with them
32. paths through the bamboo & green glade
33. wide sunny lawn
34. Adirondack chairs & coffee in the morning
35. five sitting porches
36. inspiration around every corner
37. cattle lowing
38. kitten nuzzles
39. crow calls
40. evening tea
41. companions for the journey if you so desire
42. private spaces
43. canoe rentals nearby (Canoe Ky)
44. tarot readings
45. support for your vision
46. writing workshops
47. manuscript consultations
48. staged readings in the barn
49. American chestnut - ancient timeless beauty
50. enough bamboo to take home for your feng shui pots or fishing poles
51. fishing holes
52. nature to watch, not television
53. now and again, coyote calls
54. ideas
55. musings
56. inklings
57. porch swings at sunrise and sunset
58. daily grocery, post office, office depot run
59. Egyptian cotton sheets
60. your muse waiting for you when you arrive
61. easy to find in Franklin County
62. vistas that Paul Sawyer once painted
63. you here, any time you want
64. cheaper than the cheapest motel
65. much nicer!!!
66. uninterrupted time to write and dream and sleep
67. shuttle to & from airport for extended stay visitors
68. literary events
69. weekend workshops in writing fiction, memoir or journals
70. yellow dahlias as big as dinner plates
71. private entrance
72. air-conditioned rooms
73. sunset or sunrise bedroom views
74. peace
75. an eternal spring rockhouse
76. You, here, with your thoughts
77. the knowledge that the earth is a garden
78. the good company of others, if you so desire
79. yellow butterflies in the rain puddles
80. walnuts & chestnuts to gather
81. clean linens and towels
82. shampoo and toiletries, in case you forget your own
83. always available—hot or iced tea
Call 502-352-7503 for availability or to schedule your retreat.
DIRECTIONS to PenHouse Retreat Center
2367 Sullivan Lane
Take 127 NORTH from Frankfort toward Owenton
Take a right on 1262
Follow the 1262 signs—The second sign is SULLIVAN LANE
From this second sign, go 2 miles.
When you see the row of mailboxes in front of the creek and the road bears left, go into the drive straight ahead of you (Don’t go left!)
Follow a gravel road back.
We are the 2-story white frame farmhouse on your left.
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