Brigadoon! That’s what the tour guide called it. Last week we took another trip to Chautauqua Institute in southwest New York state. Although it is only a two hour ride from home, when I walk through the gate to find myself surrounded by lovely victorian homes and tall shade trees with Lake Chautauqua a short walk downhill, I feel as if I have left the ordinary world behind and entered a mystical, magical place…much like Brigadoon. The nine week summer season at Chautauqua starts in June and lasts only nine weeks…and although it doesn’t vanish like the hauntingly mystical Brigadoon, Chautauqua is an amazing place with a mystique all its own. On Friday and Saturday we were immersed in that mystique, and I loved every minute of it. I don’t have time (nor energy) for a long post today, so this will be a sampler of some of the sights and sounds of Chautauqua. The sounds, the symphony rehearsing for an evening concert and a bagpiper practicing on the green, you will have to imagine, but I hope you enjoy this little taste of “Brigadoon.”
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 
I’m happy I didn’t skip this post, Carolyn! What a nice trip. I love Victorian houses…they have this old world mystery around them.
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I love them too, and the Victorians in Chautauqua have been lovingly cared for, making it an interesting place for people like you and me to visit.
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Lovely. Looks like a lovely place to get away. However the attire on the bagpiper was not quite correct. Where was the kilt?
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I think he was just practicing. Made me wonder how you learn to play the bagpipes without driving your neighbors crazy.:)
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