Mom's Turf: June 2009

It is celebrity home tour today… and it is Mel Gibson’s multi-million dollar mansion we are going to check out. This luxurious 16,000 sq ft Tudor-style mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut is on the market right now. It has 15 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms, a tennis court, a private pond, a landscaped driveway, a soaring cathedral ceiling, formal gardens, a terrace pool, greenhouse, stable, staff houses, log cabin, and even a maze. Hmmm… I say too big for my family, we are only three you know. But although this mansion is not quite my style, I still enjoy looking at its grandiosity. Is this your kind of a dream home? What can you say about owning a house as huge and as luxurious as this one?

photos: DailyMail

There are moments when you just want to have a quiet and relaxing vacation somewhere idyllic and laidback (preferably on an island hideaway but a quiet uncrowded beach would do too) but just can’t because of some job or responsibilities you have to face and focus on at the moment. And this day is one of those for me … I’d love to go somewhere but can’t for the moment, and when I feel this way I always opt to do the next best thing … browse some beachy images. Photos and images that depict relaxation, calmness, sun, and water never fails to lift up my mood and make me smile inside. Beachy images makes me feel the rush of the waves on my legs, the sensation on my feet which I get from walking in the sand, and the breeze of fresh air on my face. Ahhh…it is good to feel beachy once in a while.