Friday, July 29, 2011

Day 29: home

I couldn't pick just one home. In my mind I have three homes in varying stages of my life. Each one claims a piece of my heart forever.

This is where I grew up. At the time this arial postcard was painted it was called Faraway Farms and was owned by the heir to the Maxwell House empire. Look it up - its interesting!  When I grew up there it was, and still is, King's Estate. This is where my grandparents lived with bears, mountain lions, snakes, deer, horses and tons of other wildlife. And I was there all the time absorbing it all. They lived there until I was sixteen, and it was traumatic for me when they left it behind. I know every inch of those mountains - blindfolded and backward. Oh the stories I could tell!



This is where I lived through out my teenage existence into early adulthood. My mother still owns this little house and we love it. It has changed a lot through the years. Now my own 3 children are busy forming their own memories and misadventures here as I did with my grandparents - they never want to come home!



Third, this is our first family house. It is already full of loads of memories with so many more to come! All I really want now is more trees!


Last, this is the little house I found under a small tree in our front yard.  I had to put it back. It was begging to be added here!



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