Travelling to the Outer Banks of North Carolina or even Myrtle Beach farther south? Gracefield Hall is a perfect midway overnight stop if you are coming from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York or one of the New England states. You might even want to tour Colonial Williamsburg the next morning on your way […]
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Watermelon on the back porch
It’s the perfect time of year to eat watermelon on the back porch at Gracefield Hall. Book your summer escape with us now! Our back porch in the afternoons is shaded and gets refreshing breezes. You can relax with a cool drink and a large cold slice of watermelon on the back porch and look […]
Spring is coming
Yes, Spring is coming. Well, maybe. Here at Gracefield Hall we are experiencing wild temperature swings; 70s one day and 20s the next. Go figure. But, the sun is warm and the grass in the field behind the house is starting to turn green and grow. That brings out the deer which have had little […]
Deer Grazing in the East Field
Four or five deer grazing in the east field in the early evening. Two of them are fawns that still have most of their spots. The other three are doe and one is the mother of the two fawns. Sitting on the bench on the back porch, if you are quiet and don’t move, you […]
Back Porch Bench
The instructions said 2 adults will take 2 hours to assemble the bench. I can be quite inventive when it comes to working by myself on multi-person projects. It took me 45 minutes. The back porch gets nice breezes in the evening so it is a perfect place to sit, enjoy a cold glass of […]
Deer in the field
We usually have 6-7 deer in the field grazing at dusk; all does, sometimes with fawns and yearlings. This year, for the first time, we had deer, a 2-point buck with 3 other deer, all does, grazing in the front yard, usually at dawn. On Tuesday at dawn, there was an 8-point buck grazing in […]
