Catching Up

I have to continue writing my journal, which is one of three essays that I have to write for the program and will be given a grade on, but here are some pictures in the meantime!

One of the reproduction slave homes at Hot Water, a free black settlement.

Another one of the reproduction homes at Hot Water. This is one of the nicest; it includes a brick chimney, white siding instead of natural wood, and had nice porcelain inside. It also features some of my classmates!

One of the views at James Monroe's house; Highland (Ash Lawn).

An outbuilding at Highland (Ash Lawn). Maybe a kitchen?

Beautiful, stately Monticello.

Crops being grown at Monticello. The view is from Mulberry Row, where Jefferson's slaves who worked in his house would have lived.

Another Monticello view.

The dining room of John Wickham's home in Richmond. He was a Loyalist during the Revolution and also defended Aaron Burr during his treason trial (Grrr). 

The doorway to Wickham's home.

John Marshall's home!! I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside. Fun Fact: Marshall was often given advice by his wife that he wouldn't take, and later, when something went wrong, she would have an 'I told you so.' moment. Mary Ambler and John Marshall are my new favorite historical couple. But seriously, John Marshall was an important historical figure.

Monumental Church; built on the site of the Richmond Theatre Fire. On December 26, 1811, a theatre in Richmond caught on fire and burnt down, taking with it the Governor of Virginia (I believe) and many others. Many of the bodies, which were either too burned for recognition or too fragile to move to cemeteries, are buried in a crypt below the church.

So that's pretty much what's been going on this week! We had dancing lessons again tonight, which was amazing!! Myself and my partner, a girl who'd danced before, were the Dream Team and skipped our way through three uptempo dances. Other than that, it's getting to crunch time for this journal writing, so I'm going to get on that now! And I'm going to be doing some archaeology tomorrow!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to comment with any questions about what I've been learning, seeing, doing, etc!! I should have some more free time this weekend, and I have a free day on Wednesday, so I'd love to hear from anyone following this and can answer some questions!!

Happy Tessa selfie as I'm writing this! I just took a shower, hence the head towel. 

-Tessa :D