For the last ten days I’ve been unable to bring an image from my thumb drive labeled “Castle Choices” into my blog, because we had to update the PhotoShop program. Bill’s been working with it today, and now I’ll see if it’s working.
Well, yes and no. This image is from a different folder, but although I could get the interior shot (of the Great Room in the castle) from the thumb drive to come up on the PhotoShop screen, I wasn’t able to transfer it anywhere. We’ll keep working!
I may have even posted this one before! This is Count Carl von Soden-Frauenhofen, the current Count, and the son of one of the kids I cared for. When the book was published in 2020, he actually got his copy before I received my author copies, and had his wife Antonia take his picture with the same view of the castle behind him.
Bill and I had visited there in 2014, which was when Bill took what later became the cover photo. On that visit, Carl had literally given Bill The Keys To The Castle, and told him every room in the place was open to him. He got up early every morning and worked his way through, shooting photos everywhere, while I visited Carl and Antonia and their kids and practiced my German.
Just lately, I’ve been rereading the book, and enjoying all over again the adventures I had there in 1961 and 62….54 years ago now! What a time capsule! Although I will say that the small village of Neufraunhofen, and even life at the castle, has not changed a great deal in all that time.
If you haven’t already, go to American Governess on Amazon and read the first chapter.
Ann Dickinson Sargent 