Dreaming Jane

Last night, my dreams had a wonderful twist. I've always been a big fan Jane Austen books. Love, love LOVE them! And my dreams seemed to incorporate that very love into last night's adventure.


My sisters and I had to go to England because (even though this is not even remotely possible because we don't have relatives in England) a relative in England had passed away a VERY long time ago and her husband was too old to take care of their house all alone. So he asked my sisters to come and visit him until he could have a permanent assistant to help him with the up keep of the house. We ask how long of a visit we should pack for and he replied that we should bring clothes for approximately three days. Ok, weird. Flying all the way to England just to see him for three days. Whatever.


We arrive in England to be escorted to a chauffeured automobile, then transfered to a horse drawn carriage. Weird.... Modern buildings are going past us until there is a huge chunk of country side. Then we show up in a old fashioned village, almost like it was brought right out of An Austen Novel. Literally, it was pulled out of an Austen Novel!


We met our elderly relative, he was a very gentle, frail, man who, oddly enough, also looked like someone pulled out of and Austen Novel... K, this was really a weird place. It's like they had been frozen in time since the 1700's. Ends up being, that they were a special community of people who actually live like it was the 1700's, they preserve the history behind the Jane Austen books and are a frequently visited tourist stop for people, like my sisters and I, to taste the lifestyle of all of our favorite characters.


The reason for why we only needed three days worth of normal clothing was because he was going to buy us tailored period gowns.  Exciting, right?  Next thing to happen was a tour of the house. We met the cook (ya, he had a cook!). Then the fun started, we were shown our rooms, which were HUGE! After dropping off our luggage in our rooms, he led us outside and I saw the prettiest love seat swing hanging from the huge tree in the back. I started swinging on it. It was fun, but I didn't trust it enough to start swinging high or anything. I saw a quaint little garden patch next to the tree which I thought was just awesome!! Lots of herbs were growing in there along with some flowers.


Somehow (I don't remember seeing a tailor) I was wearing my custom period gown and started doing some heavy duty wandering around the house that was big enough that I got lost a couple times. I stumbled on an old dusty library that didn't look like it had been taken care of for a few years. Grandpa, which is what our relative asked us to call him, saw me looking at some of the dust covered books. Asked me about if I liked books, I told him my love for them. He allowed me complete jurisdiction over the refurbishment of the library, which use to be his wife's pride and joy. I asked him if we had enough money for a book doctor. He said that he had much money saved up that he didn't have a use for that I was welcome to use. So I set to work.


By the end of the dream, the library was newly polished, all of the old books were treated and rebound. My parents had come to village to see how we were doing during (however long it was since we arrived) our stay. Sisters and I showed them around the place, showed them the local markets, and the replicas of some of the mansions in the Jane Austen books. When it was time to leave, Grandpa had a nurse/maid and no longer needed our assistance. However, the last thing I remember is asking if I could stay...


Anyway, that was my dream. Hope you enjoyed it! :)