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A Farm of My Own:  I'll show you mine...  |
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lamamama
True Blue Farmgirl
255 Posts
Melanie
CA
USA
255 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 09:56:38 AM
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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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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 10:02:11 AM
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| BEAUTIFUL photos, ladies! I want to visit you guys now! Nance |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Persephone
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Katrina
Indiana
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 2:43:26 PM
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| 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! :)) |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 3:14:55 PM
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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! |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 9:24:00 PM
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| Oh Rosemary, what a beautiful house; just like a picture perfect dollhouse...nice plantings too. I bet the inside is just as cute. |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 06:34:01 AM
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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 |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 06:45:30 AM
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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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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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lamamama
True Blue Farmgirl
255 Posts
Melanie
CA
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 09:29:42 AM
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Rosemary,
Thanks for the links!! I'm going to check them out, & the area as well.
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 1:03:20 PM
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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. |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 6:21:19 PM
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| Oh Katie, that's very pretty. |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 08:21:58 AM
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| Katie, you've got a nice country look going there. It's lovely. |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 12:14:34 PM
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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 |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 1:17:45 PM
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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! :-) |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2007 : 1:36:49 PM
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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 |
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lamamama
True Blue Farmgirl
255 Posts
Melanie
CA
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2007 : 5:10:59 PM
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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?" :) |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2007 : 8:38:04 PM
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| 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... |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 10:49:13 AM
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| "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 ;-). |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 10:57:26 AM
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Rosemary, what a gorgeous house, very pretty!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
766 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 6:16:30 PM
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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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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 08:29:35 AM
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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! |
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oceanfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
Rachel
A Little Closer to Heaven
Oregon Coast
USA
231 Posts |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
766 Posts |
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oceanfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
Rachel
A Little Closer to Heaven
Oregon Coast
USA
231 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 8:19:57 PM
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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 |
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