One of my pastimes is looking at local real estate, maybe finding a smaller house, less land, a new project. I found this place just three miles down the road and had to go see it.
Unfortunately, this small house sits on 80 acres of what once was the largest cotton farm in the area and will never be split apart.
I knew no one was now living in the house, there was a chain across the driveway, so we walked up from the road. Yes, technically we were trespassing, and who would have thought one of the family members who lived in a town an hour away would show up late on a Sunday afternoon!
He was very nice, talked to us for quite sometime about the history of the place and even knew some people we knew in town, so all was good, although we did not get a tour of the inside.
A stone house is now my dream house, I think I've just painted for too many years, and this would be low maintenance.
Old stone well house.
This place does need a major overhaul as our house did, but it could be done to keep the character intact.
The views aren't too bad either!
Great chow house with all the slate floors outside, they would love being on the cool surface.
Do you see that pretty afghan?!
From what we could tell looking in the window, tile floor throughout.
This camellia was the only bush to speak of on the property, it was just lawn leaving a blank slate.
This patio is definitely not up to code. A Wrought iron surround would be beautiful.
Oh well, on to the next one. I will still be watching this one as it has been on the market for two years, you just never know what will happen!
Today did not go as planned. I was going to head up the grade after getting my car inspected and was going to hit Lowes and get potting soil and mushroom compost for Monday which will be 70 degrees and a host of other little chores. The weather said sunny and in the high 40s. Then the sky turned gray, and it started snowing. We just happen to be in this little spot that was getting unexpected snow. First snow of the year. We did not get any end of 2019.
As it is in the South, it came this morning, got a few inches, and by this afternoon turned to rain and is almost all gone. Cold and gray, time for a fire.
Some snow scenes.
The tulip tree is loaded with buds.
This guy has returned a little early.
Lord Roman is not impressed.
Princess is feeling much better after a rush to the ER and an injection, multiple baths, 7 different medications. They shaved the whole underneath of her body and half her face! They could at least have made it a little more even, she looks lopsided, but fur is making its way back.
So will try again tomorrow getting my garden supplies for the upcoming heat wave next week! What a difference a day makes!
