Dreaming can be SOOO addicting!

I am the first to admit I am an old house lover......I love looking at them, touring them in books and on the Internet (many of the blogs can hold me transfixed for a very long time!).......pretty much dreaming of how much I would love to live in one, and if it were in disrepair the challenge of bringing it back to life.  Luckily, or unluckily for me, there is a turn of the century farm house not too far from where I live that has been empty for a few years. It is off the beaten path and shares it's country neighborhood with some, er, less desirable tenants.  The only person who would probably give her a serious look will be someone who appreciates and desires all the charm that only an old homestead can give.  Someone like me........only I can't entertain that thought at the moment.  I would love to though, and in the meantime, she sits not far away and allows me to roam her boundaries and peek in her windows..........and dream when I need that old house "fix".

                                               I give you the Farmhouse...............

                                    Isn't that a dreamy view tucked in
                                    behind those amazing trees?   This is from the back
                                    of the property looking at the rear of the house





                                     Something about this side picture just makes me associate
                                     it with "grand moms" house..........

Front view from street

Side views

front porch

side entrance /kitchen

looking at the rear at the present kitchen/side

entrance.....can you just imagine the potential

of enlarging the kitchen and maybe

building a screen porch?

But wait......there's even a small barn in the back!

Be still my beating heart...........!!

rough, yes....but structurally sound, nothing that a

little work and effort can't make better

no old homestead is without it's beautiful trees and

forgotten plantings

Old rose bushes

forgotten bed of iris? daylillies?

view looking across the street

and from both directions

So there, this is my current dream house....

it's not mine, but it might as well be...

I've already got the brown broad fencing

up for the horses, there's going to be a small

goldfish pond in the back under the shade,

and a bright white picket fence is going to

enclose the front of the yard which will eventually

be reseeded and bordered by wildflower beds and white hydrangeas

oh, and let's not forget about the vegetable garden, near the little

chicken coop

A girl can dream, can't she?!!

Thanks for allowing me to share my dream with you today!!

devon :)

Happy Independence Day!!

Wishing everyone a very Happy 4th of July!!!

Let Freedom Ring......

God Bless America!!

Bring Home the Troops!

Happy Independence Day America!!

devon :)

Simple Whites

Teaming up with Kathleen at Faded Charm for the White Wednesday group;  I looked around the house and had some fun with some simple things that are white, and took them outside for a chance at better light.  Enjoy!!

May you all have a wonderful day!!

Devon :)

Lake Shack part III

For the final post related to this little lake shack, I thought I would show some pictures of the outside area.  This is a very quiet lake and very unspoiled, not a lot of (car) traffic, just a really peaceful, relaxing place...............

This is the small place (the only spot we had, really) where Mr. Fix it and son #2 cleared for a sitting area

It sits right in front of the steps to the cottage and looks

towards the lake and the boathouse

The awful chairs have since been replaced,

thankfully, with vintage wooden Adirondack

chairs

Looking up from the street

and down from the house

(ancient) steps going up to the "patio"

and a view from the road to get down to the water

These are just some pictures i took while walking

along the road.............

one of the many small waterfalls from the

springs in the mountains;  Like I had mentioned

before, many of these houses are supplied

by springs on the same land as

the properties

this waterfall passes under the road

thru a culvert and goes into the lake

neighbors steps....these cottages were all

built around the same time and many

still have traces of the rock

steps from the

road used before driveways

another waterfall just beyond the other one

trees.....

Tootsie loves to walk the mountain roads, 

she gets to go leash less!!

This is our neighbors walk to their

boathouse (that big one in the first post)

They own a small peninsula

that goes out to a point, it is just beautiful

other way towards home.....

and one last view from the cottage,

we really want to take that tree down, it's just ginormous!

The small dam isn't far from us, we can

actually see it from the boathouse.  It used to give me

the creeps before we bought the place, but

now I hardly even think about it

So that's my tour, in, out and around the Seed Shack

in the North Georgia Mountains.  Thank you so much for

visiting, and I hope you were able to get

a feel for the peace and quiet here.

May everyone have a safe and wonderful week,

come back and see me again!!

Until next time,

Devon :)