It's a chilly, cold night tonight and the yip-yipping of the coyotes, the smell and orange glow of the fire pit and the jewel-like sparkle of a million stars overhead belie the fact that I am in my own back yard. Ten minutes away is downtown White Rock. Not a bustling metropolis by any means but a nice place to live with beaches, fish and chip shops, parks and beautiful places to walk.
Our property is a disorganized sprawl of five acres with giant evergreens and sporadic beds of our favourite perennials. Our home was once a barn and it's an interesting octagonal building of three stories with a salmon stream running out back and a couple of well-used ponds. Ducks love this spot. We have built raised beds for vegetables and we have our very own orchard with cherry and apple trees out front. Our taxes are kept down by raising chickens and selling their eggs. We have lived here for over fifteen years and they have been happy ones. Our children have played here, ridden horses here and had some wonderful birthday parties here. More recently our eldest ran her own sunflower stand all summer long. And my carpenter husband's love of wood in all it's many forms is here for all to see. Yes, there is wood everywhere. Everywhere.
As much as we love this place, we might be looking at making a move. Our girls are at the age when it is important to develop some independence. Out here in the country there are no buses running and that can be isolating. Of course there's Mama's Taxi but that doesn't run always. Anyway, we are ready to see which way the wind blows: happy to stay, happy to go....either way, we'll make it work.
Our property is a disorganized sprawl of five acres with giant evergreens and sporadic beds of our favourite perennials. Our home was once a barn and it's an interesting octagonal building of three stories with a salmon stream running out back and a couple of well-used ponds. Ducks love this spot. We have built raised beds for vegetables and we have our very own orchard with cherry and apple trees out front. Our taxes are kept down by raising chickens and selling their eggs. We have lived here for over fifteen years and they have been happy ones. Our children have played here, ridden horses here and had some wonderful birthday parties here. More recently our eldest ran her own sunflower stand all summer long. And my carpenter husband's love of wood in all it's many forms is here for all to see. Yes, there is wood everywhere. Everywhere.
As much as we love this place, we might be looking at making a move. Our girls are at the age when it is important to develop some independence. Out here in the country there are no buses running and that can be isolating. Of course there's Mama's Taxi but that doesn't run always. Anyway, we are ready to see which way the wind blows: happy to stay, happy to go....either way, we'll make it work.
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