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A view of the front of the house. Lots of nice landscaping, and a
couple o' big
ole trees in the front yard! |
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The back of the house, from the back yard, highlighting the screened
porch--a wonderful, quiet, and peaceful retreat. |
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The back yard, looking towards the house from the back. Looking
at the Pond Area |
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The pond area from the screen porch. There's an upper pool and
mini waterfall just below the Palm Trees |
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Yet another view of the pond area. Such a restful retreat. |
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This is a scale drawing of our new home. It view is front to back,
from bottom to top. Front is West, back (top) is east. |
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Looking at the front door and foyer, from inside the living room. The
french doors lead into the office. If you look, you'll see my
reflection in the door of the china cabinet. |
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Looking at the living room from the foyer. Notice the skylights
and fireplace!
Way cool! |
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Another view of the living room, this time from near the screen
porch. |
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The Master Bedroom Suite. The door at left is the walk in
closet. . |
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The Master Bedroom from the bed. The door on the right is the
Bathroom, to the left is the entry to the living/dining area. The
screen porch has a door on the left (not seen in this picture) |
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The kitchen. Nice cabinets, and a fair amount of room. |
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The kitchen, featuring the dining area, and looking from near the
cabinets. Lots-o-room! |
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The screen porch from the living/dining area. The door on the
left goes to the Master Bedroom |
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The backyard, showing our little bridge over the pond. How cute! |
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The dining room. Notice the Palm Tree Neon on the sideboard to the
left! |
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Another pond pic, this time showing our "beach." Look
closely, you can see the sea shell. Wonder if silly Sally is
selling these sea shells by this sea shore..... |
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Just another view of the pond. It's a very serene setting.
You wouldn't know you were in the city. |
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What good is a fireplace without a fire in it? Well, it recently
got cold enough (way down into to upper 40s) to light it. Nothing
like the crackling of a fire. Can't wait for our Christmas Eve
fire! |
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The Loropetalum by the pond bloomed in February, 2002.
Brilliant purple flowers, the whole bush seemed to be ablaze. It
lasted nearly a month, too |
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Recently, we started to redo a section by the pond. We removed
the low growing "green stuff" and raised the bed a bit, adding a walkway
and some annuals and perennials for color. Azaleas and Kalanchoes
provide nice perennial color. |
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Summer 2002. A view of the back yard. |
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Summer 2002. A view of the pond |
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Summer 2002. Our goldfish have had babies. There are well
over 4 dozen gold fish here now. Perhaps the mood lighting and soft
music had something to do with this population explosion? |
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