By Slanted Light

it was Lytes Cary - and a very nice visit too. Friendly, knowledgeable guides around the house, happy to chat at the end of the day - always nice! - and then pretty gardens to wander at the end. And there may have been an ice cream. *g*

According to wiki, it was as late as the 1930s/40s that pink became "a colour for girls" rather than/as much as for boys, and we just seem to have got worse and worse at using it to try and differentiate between the idea of "strong" boys/men and "tender" and "pretty" girls/women. So when you say "girly looking" that's definitely only current sensibilities showing through! I hate that it's become a kind of circle now - is something "girly" because it's pink, or does being pink make something "girly"? And what the hell do people mean by "girly" anyway - which I rather think is more to the point...