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Sounds so peaceful with lovely views. It reminds me of our own 5 1/2 acres here in Northern California. Take some pictures and add them to our photo album.
Hugs, Sandy
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From: Robert Query <ednnmiv@...>
To: stomacentralint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 7:40:59 AM
Subject: [stomacentralint] Views
From: Robert Query <ednnmiv@...>
To: stomacentralint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 7:40:59 AM
Subject: [stomacentralint] Views
Views????
Alice and I live in Virginia, USA in a single family dwelling on 3 acres, (used to be 10 acres), but close to the road in front of the house. Looking out the front door I see the small entrance porch that is covered with a roof supported by wrought ironwork. Directly out I see our brick path to the drive, bordered by beds of perennials that are now dormant, and beyond that a line of evergreen trees and the farm fence that borders the road. To the right I see one of our two garden pools, but the plants are all asleep for the winter, as are the Gold Fish and frogs. To the left I can see the drive parking area, the farm type gate at the drive entrance that held a Christmas Wreath until a few days ago, and I can also see parts of Alice's many free form flower beds, all looking a bit drab in the winter weather, but which "sport" many different perennials and hybrid lilies during the summer months. Further
out is the side fence, (3 board farm type) and beyond that a stand of pines, and hardwoods that give is a buffer and screening from the nearest neighbor's house.
We have a side door about 32' back from the front of the house that opens from our "plant - potting room" and can see the rest of Alice's gardens and areas of lawn that fight to grow grass due to the large oak trees in our yard on that side of the house. Really large oaks....the house is now 107 years old and the trees have been there since it was built in 1899-1900.
The back door off the utility and boiler room faces the back side of a one story section of house, but we can also see some of the back yard space, a large deck under a Maple tree, and assorted beds that "sport" assorted native ferns in the summer, and offer a place to set out potted house plants during the summer months & my garden tractor covered with a tarp. Far at the back is a 6' + high privacy fence that surrounds the entire back area......enclosing about 1/4 acre of the yard. There is also a Linden tree in view that smells delightful when in bloom in the summer, and a now very large and tall "Willow Oak" that our daughter dragged in one day when she was young. I planted it not really knowing what it was at the time, and it was only a sprig, but now reaches 50-60' into the air offering additional shade in our very hot summers, and loads of tiny acorns each fall. Wildlife around the
place consists of squirrels... .more than I like......a family of Chipmunks that range all over the place, running fast as can be tails straight up as they go. There will be an occasional land turtle in warm weather, a black snake and sometimes a brightly colored "Garter Snake" seen along with assorted small lizards sunning themselves in warm weather along with the gardeners friends -assorted toads...... and birds galore of all kinds native to our area...some in summer and some year around visitors including the smaller woodpeckers coming to the birdfeeders, and hummingbirds during the summer. An occasional hawk stops by, or a large "Barred Owl" looking for field mice I guess. Beyond the fenced area we can see the pines and hardwoods that surround our open yard areas, and sometimes we are visited by flocks of Crows making a racket. Used to see Deer before we fenced the area and once saw wild Turkeys, and ever so often we see
a visiting Pilated Woodpecker.. ...(Large bird)...looking for bugs in dead pines. Those are our views from our doors.
Sadly...Urban sprawl and the building of new homes in our area, that used to totally rural, has reduced the number of wildlife we were used to when we moved here over 40 years ago.
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