Posts Tagged ‘house’
Drone Views
Despite some gusty winds on Sunday, there was an opportunity to view our property from overhead via a drone. I find this a spectacular variation of our perspective of the immediate surroundings we traverse every day. Much better than simply viewing a dramatically more distant 2-dimensional image from a satellite photo.
Let’s take a little tour, starting at the house…
That’s a lot different view from all the shots of the house we’ve tried taking from down below in the backyard.
Down the hill and through the short corridor of trees we come to the labyrinth.
If you are careful to spot the 180° turns, you can walk the path with your eyes. Imagine the sounds of the breeze in the trees, the calls of songbirds, and maybe the sound of horses grazing in the back pasture.
I was pleased to see the drone didn’t startle the horses but Mix certainly took notice and circled the herd around once for good measure. Then they all went back to grazing.
Back up the hill of the backyard and past the house, we come to the shop and garage.
The amount of equipment squeezed inside is a mystery with the doors closed.
Finally, the drone was steered out for a brief glimpse of the barn before the dwindling battery brought the exercise to a safe conclusion.
The trees are so full of leaves that it made it difficult to capture a low-angle view that revealed the proximity of each feature in relation to the others.
We spent some time trying to fly down one of the paths in the woods but the drone was reluctant to follow commands smoothly due to the detection of nearby trees and low-hanging branches.
It was a thrill for me to watch the process and I treasure the views that we captured. Makes me want to have a jet pack that would let me quickly pop up for a similar view whenever the higher perspective seems warranted.
Maybe Greenworks will come up with a battery-powered one soon.
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Perfectly Special
Cyndie and our Realtor, Patti, walking the property on our very first visit here.
When Cyndie and I were on the hunt for horse property late last summer, our priorities became evident after walking just the first two showings our realtor took us to see. It wasn’t the house that mattered the most. By the third property, as the realtor headed to unlock the front door, Cyndie and I were headed the other way, in opposite directions. She would be looking at the barn and I would be surveying the land.
We wanted enough acreage to support 4 horses, and facilities already in place to shelter them. A house for us was something we both already had history managing, and felt we could take care of, or fix up, whatever building was on our perfect choice of property. This land in Wisconsin was in our sights from the first moment we began watching properties. It was just the right size and had a barn that was ready to go. The fact that the house was an incredibly beautiful log home was well beyond our dreams and wishes.
Since the time when snowy cold and darkness of winter settled upon us, we have been spending more and more time snuggled inside the house. In fact, just the other day we were talking about the fact that we have yet to make any strides toward organizing and setting up the barn in preparation for its future residents. Meanwhile, we continue to tweak things around the house. It is, quite simply, an incredible, charming, invigorating, inspiring, comforting domicile that is somehow both energizing and calming at the same time.
As special as this house is, we find it even more so, because of the fact we were not looking for anything along these lines, during our hunt for horse property.
Enjoying ourselves immensely here, I think I’m still in a little bit of shock over the dwelling, and will look up at a door or other small feature and just feel overwhelmed at how perfectly special it really is. It is humbling. And, it is a joy to behold.
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