The front of the house:
As you can see I'm in the process of weeding the gardens. I've also planted some more seeds and bulbs to fill it in a bit more and plan to pick up some ground cover. But heck, look at those hostas! I have never had a garden like that with such big, beautiful plants. And everything seemed to come out a little early as well which leads me to think we have a bit of a micro-climate with this property.
The shingles are all cedar so I'm sort of planning to not paint them anymore and let them silver and blacken - a look I always loved and one that's sort of a classic Nova Scotia thing.
Here's the back:
The honeysuckle vine is climbing the porch off my master bath. Can you believe it? My own porch? Further on you can see the french doors off the dining room. It's there we watch the birds, deer and bear from. There's a ledger board installed for a big deck off the back but we're in no hurry to get that down anytime soon.
The pond:
You can see Catherine trying to catch frogs on the far side. It's pretty big, eh? We've also seen a turtle in the pond and in the evening the speckled trout in the pond leap out to catch the black flies and insects that gather above the pond's surface. We plan to build a little mini-wharf with a ladder for swimming and hope to pick up a little peddle boat at some point.
The backyard:
If, in the backyard shot, you turned around 180 degrees you'd see this view, the land above the pond:
There's a big patch of rhubarb there and I'm thinking that would be the perfect place for a shade garden. The path goes down to a beautiful little frog pond that's on our neighbours property but the kids have permission to visit.
Here's the view from our front porch:
So there's the outside. I'll post some picture of the inside next.
5 comments:
This is so great, like a mini-vacation for me to see and enjoy, thanks. :)
Mmmmmmm. Me like.
I see you even have a pony!
JJ - It's been like one long vacation since we moved in! If you're ever in Nova Scotia you should know you're obligated to visit. :)
Lorraine - Yup. He's been with us for about 6 years now. Thankfully, he's easy on food and doesn't require much for pasture.
It's beautiful!! *grin*
Totally. Perfect. Ha, but you already know that don't ya.
Seriously though - I'm so happy that you guys got that place. :-)
Dawn you made me cry, this is so beautiful! How big is your island in the middle of the pond, big enough for a bridge to it instead of a wharf?
Thanks for sharing your link on the HSSPot! ( this is TeacherMom aka Teresa Wilson)
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