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| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 10:13:39 AM
...if you'll show me yours.
Do we have a forum already for sharing photos of our farms? Forgive me if we do, and I haven't found it. Here's a pic I took last spring of our place in Virginia. Just found it hiding on my hard drive and wanted to share it. The little area on the left in the foreground is our "frog pond." It miraculously attracted an army of frogs two years ago when we created it. What a racket they send up during their mating season -- almost enough to interfere with ours!  It has fish now, too. Very soothing.
NOTE: Girls, I've removed the improperly uploaded photo link here in noble attempt to conserve bandwidth. I think I was more successful later on. Go see, if you're interested. Sorry for all the bother!!  |
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| oceanfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 8:19:57 PM
Thank you! I love taking pictures of the things that grow in my yard. I plan to take some closeups of my vegis this year too. I didn't really do that much last year.
rachel
See what I'm up to on my blog... http://minetothine.blogspot.com |
| Tracey |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 3:52:46 PM
Rachel, those garden photos are out of this world!
Visit Quiet Storm, our adopted Mustang! http://wildaboutquietstorm.com
http://carpentercreek.blogspot.com
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| oceanfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 09:52:02 AM
I'm having trouble getting my link to work in the preview... so I'm just leaving you this link to my garden set. Just a few pictures of the things I grew last summer...
http://flickr.com/photos/minetothine/sets/72157594511809833/
rachel
See what I'm up to on my blog... http://minetothine.blogspot.com |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 08:29:35 AM
Well, given that the "heirloom" photo of our house was taken in 1947 -- ACK! THE YEAR I WAS BORN! -- I don't know how much of a treasure it is ;-) But it sure is interesting to see how it looked back then, in the ancient of days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth ;-)
I hope others will post photos of their houses, or at least favorite garden plots or critters. I think this is so much fun! |
| Tracey |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 6:16:30 PM
Rosemary, I love the old photo! Our house was built new, but I've got some old pics of the home where my grandmother was born. Too cool to have heirloom photos like that! I'm sure your family treasures the before and afters you've got.
Visit Quiet Storm, our adopted Mustang! http://wildaboutquietstorm.com
http://carpentercreek.blogspot.com
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 10:57:26 AM
Rosemary, what a gorgeous house, very pretty!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 10:49:13 AM
"Backchannel" means e-mail me off-list. Sorry. I picked that up from a fountain pen collectors message board and assumed everyone was using it but me ;-). |
| Libbie |
Posted - Jan 30 2007 : 8:38:04 PM
I'm so happy to see Rosemary's farmhouse!!! I'm sorry that I couldn't get it to work, either, until this moment, when I finally got it to post and then realized that you all had it worked out already!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! What a treasure... |
| lamamama |
Posted - Jan 30 2007 : 5:10:59 PM
Rosemary,
Loved, loved,loved that old photo of your house. What a special thing to own! Lucky for you.
Sorry to ask a stupid question. but what is a "back channel?" :) |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 1:36:49 PM
OOOHHHH, Rosemary, you lucky girl! You have actual pictures of your house 'back in the day'! I've tried asking around to find an old photo, but so far, no luck! :( And being close to the actual Walton property!!! Be still my heart! You pretty much covered my pro and con arguments. Mine is farther up off the ground, so no people will be jumping, but DOGS, however are quite another story.....BTW - my farmhouse had wiring(1918), but nobody ever thought plumbing was important! LOL Well, I still can't decide, but thanks for your post and sharing your photo and opinions. I can see myself in your description of yourself on the porch...iced tea glass and gloves laid aside, listening to the birds. When the carpenters were building my porch, I told them it was as important to me as any 'room' inside the house - it's where I begin and end my days at the farm.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 1:17:45 PM
Janice, I'm happy to give you my perspective. Based on a 1947 photo given to us by a woman who was born in our house shortly after it was built in 1911, it didn't originally have a railing. My guess is it was added back in the 1970s, when a previous owner put in the plumbing and electricity. Here's that photo, in case you're curious about the previous look of the place. The original owners, who built the place by hand, were still living there at the time.
I think you could go either way with your porch, based on your personal preference. Mine is for the railing. For one thing, the porch is up 18 inches or so from the ground in some places. It could be easy for a visitor to be chit-chatting, not paying attention, and wind up falling! Or similarly, people might think they could just hop off the porch anywhere they felt like, damaging some of our plantings in the process. Friends are more important than plantings, but still....
I don't think the railing interferes with our enjoyment of the view; if anything, it encourages greater appreciation. I often find myself drawn to the railing rather than the table or wicker armchairs. Standing there, with the railing as a convenient place to set down my iced tea glass and garden gloves, I listen to birds, watch leaves rustle in the treetops, and so on. When seated, I tend to focus on just what's in front of me. I guess without the railing, I could let my attention wander "out there" more, but it's hard to say.
BTW, the real Waltons property isn't all that far from us. I've even had myself an ice cream at the drug store soda fountain in Mount Jackson! :-) |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 12:14:34 PM
You're house is sure a beauty, Rosemary. I especially admire your large front porch. And I would appreciate your advice/opinion on something concerning porches in general. I had a similar porch built on the front of our old farmhouse last summer(from a photo of the Walton's front porch I downloaded). But I didn't have a railing built because I couldn't decide:1. how tall I wanted it and also 2. When sitting in a chair on said porch, would a railing obstruct whatever view is out there? So if you wouldn't mind sharing, : How tall is your railing and does it get in the way of seeing your beautiful plantings? I know this may sound silly and trivial, but I've never had a decent porch before.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 08:21:58 AM
Katie, you've got a nice country look going there. It's lovely. |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 6:21:19 PM
Oh Katie, that's very pretty. |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 1:03:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by lamamama
Rosemary,
Thanks for the links!! I'm going to check them out, & the area as well.
Feel free to contact me backchannel if you have any questions. I'll do my best to answer them, or find someone who can. |
| lamamama |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 09:29:42 AM
Rosemary,
Thanks for the links!! I'm going to check them out, & the area as well.
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| Tracey |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 07:36:21 AM
Very nice, Katie-ell! Lovely landscaping, too.
Visit Quiet Storm, our adopted Mustang! http://wildaboutquietstorm.com
http://carpentercreek.blogspot.com
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 06:45:30 AM
OK, I don't have a farm -- but here's my suburban 'farmhouse', photo taken Oct 10 after our first snow this winter:
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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 06:34:01 AM
your homes are so beautiful, peaceful & serene looking. Good on you! The animals are great also.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 9:24:00 PM
Oh Rosemary, what a beautiful house; just like a picture perfect dollhouse...nice plantings too. I bet the inside is just as cute. |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 3:14:55 PM
Thanks, Persephone You have a lovely name -- and she's one of my favorite goddesses. :-)
It's taken us almost 13 years to get the place liveable and there's still plenty of room for improvement, but I have to say we made a good choice moving here.
I see you're fairly new to posting here. Don't be a stranger! |
| Persephone |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 2:43:26 PM
Rosemary, your house looks like the one in my fantasy of my perfect lil farmgirl life! :) (Though I'm sure your life isn't perfect, no one's is, but you sure got a nice house! :)) |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 1:55:11 PM
Melanie, check out Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. They have a terrific birthing center. The quality of life here is wonderful, and we work hard to keep it that way.
http://www.fauquiercounty.gov/
http://www.fauquierhospital.org/ |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 10:02:11 AM
BEAUTIFUL photos, ladies! I want to visit you guys now! Nance |
| lamamama |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 09:56:38 AM
Oh, why didn't I see this thread earlier?!?
Ladies, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful homes with all the Farmgirls!! I LOVE THEM! It makes my heart happy just to look @ them. :)
And does Virginia ever look Beautiful - with a capital B. Makes me think I should be checking out Virginia for a possible little place.
Are there any good sized hospitals around ya' all......especially one with a large maternity center?
Melanie
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