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Frankenblonde
Farmgirl in Training
28 Posts
Courtland
CA
USA
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 Posted - Jan 23 2006 : 4:24:08 PM
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| As I write, I'm sitting at the computer desk in our dining room. When I look out our dining room windows, the first thing I see is our brown '88 Suburban parked in front of the house. Ugh! (But hey, it works great for hauling kids and straw!) Fortunately, I can also see a full, green hedge bordering our winding walk-way that runs through the middle of our front lawn. At the end of our walk-way (on the other side of the Suburban) and in the middle of our circular driveway is a half-circle rose garden, full of miniature roses and a few large rose bushes. There are a few dormant herbs on one end, and two naked persimmon trees on each side. To my right, I see our Maine Coon cat, Mr. Peevy, strolling down the drive towards the road, heading for the large olive trees and old pines by the bus stop. There are "lipstick plants" and irises and ferns spread wildly between all these trees, and an old canoe sits right smack in the middle of it all; we call this area The Jungle. In the middle of our circular driveway, next to the well house and the rose garden, the giant willow is leafless but gives perch to woodpeckers and blackbirds that like to gossip to each other every dusk. Our other fruit trees are scattered around the pasture-grass yard and look so cold! On the other side of the driveway, I see the old chicken coop that we use for our bull calf, Doggie (who must be napping, as he's not outside frolicking in the pen at the moment). I also see our mini-barn, which reminds me that we need another load of firewood stacked up on the porch... Across the road the fields are green with weeds, but it's beautiful, and I can see dried-up windbreaks in the distance. Now I see my son's school bus on the levee, and I know in a few minutes I'll see his goofy, smiling face coming up our driveway! =o) |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2006 : 4:45:56 PM
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My favorite window to look out is the big bay window in the kitchen. It spans from floor to ceiling and overlooks a butterfly and hummingbird garden that my girls and I have been expanding for several years. I don't keep any curtains or coverings on the window...the view is always unhampered. The birds and squirrels are all accustomed to our presence at the window...our dining table is in the bay window area...so the critters don't fly away when they see us. We often lie down on the floor and watch all the critters come and go, getting to know who visits often and sketching them in our nature journals. The squirrels are easiest to tell apart....they sit longer and have more distinguishing marks. There's one with a bit of his ear nicked off....thus, we call him Nick. There is another male that is referred to as BBP for Big Boy Part!! It's hilarious but true... his "nuts" are as big as his skull!!
My second favorite window, albeit small, is the one over my kitchen sink that overlooks the back porch and gives me joyful sights of my kids playing and critters romping. I really don't like to wash dishes, so having such precious sights makes the task easier. One of our 4 cats seems to always jump up on the outside sill to say hello to me. But, when they suddenly appear it always makes me jump and scream from the startle and then the cat jumps down from the startle of my scream. Then the dogs chase the cats. It would make for a great book like the one "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie".
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2006 : 7:47:31 PM
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Catherine -
Okay, I almost fell off my chair about BBP the squirrel. That is too funny!!!
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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julia hayes
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
julia
medical lake
wa
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2006 : 8:18:59 PM
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Frannie, your imagination is just incredible. What a curious thing to ask.. I just love it. We have the good fortune of living in 'Ol Henry who is 91 years old. This old farmhouse has beautiful windows in all directions. Our northern view is of the praire, our pastures, our burn pile that is enormous..filled with our old deck we tore out last summer. It reminds me of the Kansas praire which is where my honey grew up and where I met him and fell in love... Our southern windows show us more praire, also with more homes scattered here and there. I can see the welcoming garden and our circular driveway. The sunrise and eastern view shows off the fairy garden, blueberry garden, the stage and more praire-land. As the sunsets out the west you can see the covered swimming pool and think about all the summer fun we have. You can see Namaah's garden, which is a perennial/herb garden, the sacred garden, the barn and more praire land. Things are grey and brown in hue with spatters of green...We are having a mild winter so far but each morning everything is covered in a slight frozen dew which is just magical. Thank you for the suggestion..it keeps this time of year so positive!! Cheers, julia hayes
being simple to simply be |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2006 : 2:04:58 PM
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Wow, what a neat idea for a topic! It's fun to read everyone's responses.
When I look north, I see the road, my mailbox, and cornfields for just about as far as the eye can see. Sometimes in the summer, you can see a cropdusting airplane swooping down; there's a private pilot and landing strip less than a mile away. I have one of those old front porches you can sit on and watch the folks go by. In the summer, we sit out there and enjoy the cool air brought on by summer storms. I love to watch the storms!
To the west, the township equipment shed sits. And my closest neighbor is just on the other side. I suppose if I scream really loud, they'd hear me. Sometimes I can hear their dog bark, but not often. I have apple trees and cherry trees out there, too; and a giant old lilac bush out my familyroom window. I love the way it smells in the spring, and bring in as many as I can.
To the east is my big old turn of the century barn, and my horses. I sometimes sit on the deck or watch out the window, just to see them play. My mare knows when it's feeding time; I see her staring at my back door with her ears pricked! More farmland lies beyond.
To the south is first the milk house, then the corncrib, a big grass paddock, more fields, and beautiful woods. These are privately owned, but my neighbors have been so cordial as to invite me to ride there. I can leave my back door and be gone almost all day, and almost never cross my own trail. I can weave through trees, up and down hills, across beautiful pastures, creeks, and ponds. And I rarely see anyone except perhaps a deer or two, and somebody's cattle. It's heavenly. |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
404 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2006 : 3:21:34 PM
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Out my back kitchen window, I see my deck...I have my patio furniture stored out there with a tarp overtop to keep the snow. I use the tarp as my "wind gauge"...if it's flapping wildly, I know it's a windy day. I also see the biggest house in my neighborhood, which up close looks like a house, but from my view, 2 blocks away, it looks like a very pretty church.
Out my north window, I see my birdfeeder which I painted orange with a yellow roof, so it looks like a Pioneer Grain elevator. And I see my lilac bush, which reminds me I need to trim it back in the spring after it flowers.
Out my front window, I see my crocuses poking thru the snow, and I see my gigantic spruce tree (oldest on my street I've been told!)
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2006 : 4:29:12 PM
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OK girls, are you trying to make me jealous???????? Just kidding (a little) I see another mobile home when I look out my kitchen window. I see another mobile home when I look out my bedroom window. Oh, and I see another mobile home when I look out my livingroom window.  The nice thing is this; I have trees all around me & with trees come all sorts of nature. In the spring, summer & fall my small garden is loaded with nature so for now, I wont complain too much. I keep telling myself im getting too old for a farm anyway. Now that Im riding again and WHEN someday I have my own horse, I'll board it im sure but I'll always have my "little peice of paradise" one way or the other. I really did enjoy reading about your wonderful places. Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Photobugs
True Blue Farmgirl
363 Posts
Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
363 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2006 : 9:44:49 PM
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Out my front window I see the tops of houses across our little town...but then there is a nice big tree covered mountain behind those houses. It is lovely when there is fresh fallen snow on it. It seems all is well with the world when I gaze over at it.
Out the back windows I see the tops of tall pine trees all around us. The windows in the back are up high enough so that you cannot see the neighbors yards. If I walk over to the slidding glass door and look out into the back yard I can the wedding arch that my husband built for us to get married under ten years ago. The arch is lattice on the top, with the bottom of the sides being wood. In the wood are cut out hearts. Then there is a bench joining the whole thing together. I have taken numerous family photos in this arch over the last ten years. It was also where my oldest daughter got married. So it brings warm fuzzies to mind when I look at it.
Anyway, it is not a farm that I see, but it ain't the city either...so it works for now. I am just grateful for my home and windows to look out of.
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2006 : 9:50:14 PM
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My favorite window to look out is the one directly over my sewing machine that faces out back. From that window I can see Mona and the sheep, as well as the chickens and my little milk barn that my oldest son built just for me. Right now it is snowing and too dark to see out there..but I will be outside for my "late night just before bed" visit with Mona so I will see it all. But...that is my favorite view for sure!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Dustbuddie
Farmgirl at Heart
2 Posts
Dee
Canada
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Posted - Feb 15 2006 : 07:09:25 AM
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| A big old frosty pine tree, very dry brown grass. Its Feb. we should be under a cover of ice and snow but this year just a skiff. I usually do some Wintersowing of my flowers but not this year. The sky is blue and clear, a few birds are at the feeder and Red Fred (our resident squirrel) is driving the cat crazy. Looks like another normal day. |
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Susie Q
True Blue Farmgirl
122 Posts
Susan
So. California
USA
122 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2006 : 8:42:52 PM
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It's a cold clear night. A major street is outside my window. It's quiet now. I'm smack dab in the middle of suburbia in one of the many patchwork cities that makes up Los Angeles County.
I'd much rather be able to tell you that I see a winding road that disappears behind a stand of trees. There is wildlife roaming around and I don't mean just sparrows, crows and pidgeons. |
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
274 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 05:16:29 AM
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When I look out over my kitchen window I see blackberry bushes in their drab winter green /brown leaves then I see my permanent garden beds some empty some with greens in them (reminding me I need to start working them) . But behind them is my favorite sight in the winter: rows and rows of garlic green and lush about 6 -8 inches tall. They're in 150' beds planted 6 inches apart and 6 across the bed.(aprox. 2700 plants per row) There are 16 rows of garlic then one pitiful looking row of broccoli, Frost bit leaves ,but living. This broccoli has provided us with December/January Brocolli. My favorite part of this view is the garlic so bright and green in the dead of winter. This year some of our garlic is planted out of my view so my kids and i have to walk out to see it occasionally.
The garlic lady
Cornerstone Garlic Farm http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&ext=1&groupid=140532&ck=
My Recipes http://recipecircus.com/recipes/garliclady/ |
Edited by - garliclady on Feb 16 2006 05:21:02 AM |
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