Day 2 at Newton House

Monday:

The second trip to Newton House was met with sunshine opposed to the downfall of rain. When I first arrived there yesterday I was surprised to see so much wildlife surrounding the house. And not off in the distance either but very close to the house without much of a barrier to keep them away. There were families of deer sprawled out in the field basking in the sun, the sheep grazing on the grass and in some cases a cow that looked like a very large bull that was a little too close for comfort sometimes.
The sun brought out lots of tourists and viewers of house. From what I observed it is mostly a more elderly generation viewing the house today. The senior couples view the inside and the outside; they take a stroll through the garden admiring its historical beauty. However as one older man stated "the outside of the house doesn't really do anything for me at all." Perhaps he enjoyed the inside more, with its antique furniture and historical reference. For instance one room in particular is displayed to be an old hospital ward. Against the wall is an old wheel chair that soldiers with lost limbs would have used. It strangely reminds me of the wheel chair that I would see constantly in the Douglas College theatre production of Imperfect. It more or less looks like a rocking chair with wheels.