tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885276776518246342024-03-05T23:56:42.142-08:00Farm Of Our Later YearsA place to store the photos of our tiny farm... our fantasy-come-true.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08894174653208070320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288527677651824634.post-50754795736798778262008-08-22T09:00:00.000-07:002016-01-12T08:00:21.806-08:00A Farmhouse Tour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qginbbdyHjftq7d1-bfOU8IrPQx-msrbGwdHDeZRZLgSbsBPJWNrNz6CQhboTOPhZDN3mytCJiX-_-tpqVEYI4O61O7-hC-5uoryn1hv_0kcd9YuVcWRoTsx2-yJBKP-ZMSxIDK4Rqdu/s1600-h/houseinapril+002.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330111055453182354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qginbbdyHjftq7d1-bfOU8IrPQx-msrbGwdHDeZRZLgSbsBPJWNrNz6CQhboTOPhZDN3mytCJiX-_-tpqVEYI4O61O7-hC-5uoryn1hv_0kcd9YuVcWRoTsx2-yJBKP-ZMSxIDK4Rqdu/s320/houseinapril+002.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, no longer do we live here--our farm season ended after three years (four summers). But now we have this album to remind us of all the fun and all the work and how blessed we were to live upon 4 acres in the countryside for a portion of our lives together. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Click to enlarge any photo.)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR8Bj4r1PfPwO7DEznG2K7yTcyNdTs_5c7MYL4NPEvDCaUcSxDVaSOPh-cYYDbVIDWD9U5T50EexSVtx7ROsOJRkfVvwJp1OeV8JXDsKpqofy-EOkO1mjPQpt4PE1zzc1cdNcjDkoFcHY/s1600/aa+aafrontporchandgarden630+009.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488545330353506290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR8Bj4r1PfPwO7DEznG2K7yTcyNdTs_5c7MYL4NPEvDCaUcSxDVaSOPh-cYYDbVIDWD9U5T50EexSVtx7ROsOJRkfVvwJp1OeV8JXDsKpqofy-EOkO1mjPQpt4PE1zzc1cdNcjDkoFcHY/s320/aa+aafrontporchandgarden630+009.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 240px;" /></a>The Sleeping Porch where I spent many sunny days.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step into the front door and you'll be inside the living room:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And just beyond, through the pocket doors, is the dining room.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep going and you'll find the kitchen.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(We later replaced the gold flooring in this photo and in the pantry.)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be sure to note the groovy orange counter tops. heh. We'd planned to change those, but never did!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To the right, here's our baking pantry, built-in cabinets are on the left.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now here's a quick peek at the downstairs master bedroom, which is awfully small for a 'master' anything.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, back in the kitchen we'll take the closet stairs...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... to this middle room--</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and then to the upstairs guest room:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Loved its coziness.)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then back through the middle room to The Little Blue Room. Never did make it a half-bath as we'd planned (oh the plans of mice and men. heh.)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now back down the stairs, out the back door....take a long-ish walk...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and you'll step into the back meadow, home of wildflowers, rabbits, garter snakes and lots of tiny frogs and toads.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back closer to the house you'll find the garden.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beside it, the barn and patio.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Behind the barn is the Bunny Pasture, where bunnies hop and frogs jump out of the way of my lawnmower. Well, usually they make it in time...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In front of the garden, the orchard. (Photo taken before the barn makeover.)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back on the north side, the driveway, which I enjoyed pretending was a country road while I strolled to the mailbox.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the huge crab apple tree outside the bay window where we hung birdfeeders and where we watched the birds shove each other away from the food. :)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I hope you enjoyed your visit! Our three years there were an adventure, our 'farming season,' and we'll always be grateful God gave us our farm days.</span></b><br />
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