Pat, Jimmy, Cathy and Cindy showed their beautiful paintings clients and onlookers throughout the first floor Sunday from 1-4. There was good food, drinks and live music. It was a fabulous time by all!

Michael's Mansion front lawn

Several brides-to-be have reserved the beautiful front lawn as the setting for their wedding ceremony and/or reception. Dates are booking fast, get yours reserved today!

Michael's Mansion is ready for your business.
A perfect place for a wedding or reception.
Have your Bridal or Baby Shower here!
We do luncheons, Bruncheons and Dinners.
Come stay at one of our elegant B&B rooms and have a Chef prepared breakfast.
The art show, featuring local artists, is every 3rd Sunday from 1-4 pm...come on out!
There is lots to do and always something going on @ Michael's Mansion!
See ya soon...

July is passing

It is a quiet weekend here, and still hot outside my walls. I feel my bricks baking in the sun. I am glad Horace (my builder) used the 'white glazed' bricks from his factory, as it sheds much of the heat from the sun. The fishes are very happy and play all day in their ponds. It is a joy to watch from my leaded glass windows. The lotus, lillies and lettuce is thriving in the quiet waters. The flowers and plants are a different story...they are struggling in the daily heat. Mike comes out often to water and give some reprieve, but it is just a matter of survival now. Please Mother Nature, give us a break!  

July 26

This evening the ladies who will run the spa (yes, I said spa!) visited with my folks
(Mike, Becky & Traci). They all decided it was a good idea and they will call it:
The Spa @ Michael's Mansion.
I liked the ladies very much, and they adored me- of course!
Jan & Penny are just super nice and friendly, yet possess a sophisticated heir of elegance that is so rare these days. I know they will bring in good people to appreciate my stature and majesty. It is so nice to have so many good people coming into me.
Patty (from Tables Matter) along with her husband and son (VERY good people) came this last weekend with tables and chairs to 'stage' my rooms. It felt great to have seating for lots of folks to enjoy me and my offerings. They decorated the tables and Charles took pictures- he is quite the photographer.
The heat gave us a break today- it was the first day in a month or more that didn't break 100 (I know because I can read the thermometer outside my window :)
The new fish really like the cooler temps and played near the surface of the pond most of the day! They are an absolute joy to watch. I am feeling very blessed!

July 24

I am an art gallery!
...didja read that?...Yes, I said, " I am an Art Gallery!"
Mike, Becky & Traci spent the day hanging paintings from some very talented artists.
One is Tyrone Lewis, the other is Carolyn MacMahon. They both paint so beautifully I cant tell who I like to look at more. They displayed Tyrone's work in the 'parlor'...what a great addition to my humble walls. I am PROUD to have theses great works of art hanging on my walls! Mike brought more fish too, so now there is like a little 'school' of fishies to play and swim about. My favorite part of the day? - I am an Art Gallery! whooohooo!

July 21st

It was another hot and busy day around here. Bob and Jo put in new plants and flowers in the small beds by my kitchen...now Chef can just run out back and snip some sage or parsley for his meals. I make sure those beds get plenty of sun :)  
Mike & Becky painted primer on my kitchen walls, and I heard then saying how it would be a silvery finish when it was done...and I think I heard a mention of blue or gold too. I know it will be so pretty when it is done- just like the rest of the work that my people have been doing around here! Traci came over after class (and I think I smelled pizza) to work with Becky on the Bridal Bath...boy it is looking great! My tub has new life, the floors are almost new again and the walls are a delicious shade of Dove White. Even my trip got a fresh coat of Ft. Smith White to accent it all...wow!
My website http://www.michaelsmansion.biz/ has been updated again, and I think it looks fabulous!