My
dream
is
a small house on a hill in the mountains of Idaho far
away from all neighbors.
I haven't decided between log or brick yet. Maybe one of the
victorian style homes built in the south, but smaller than they build
them in the south. I've
always pictured it as being a white house.
You start your tour by walking up the steps of the house onto the
covered porch that spans the whole length of the front of the house.
It has a porch swing, and a couple of chairs on it. You see a cat
lounging in the shade, and another cat slipping away with it's latest
catch. There is an old dog sleeping on the welcome mat, while a
younger dog, barely graduated from being a puppy, chews and pulls on
the older dog's ears in efforts to get him to play. As you walk up to
the door, the older dog wakes up, moves for you, and falls asleep
again. You walk in the door to an entryway and take your shoes off.
You notice that there are many pairs of shoes. A large family lives
here. From there you walk forward (West) into a living room. In this
living room there are 2 couches, a rocking chair, and a reading
chair. Many bookshelves and a piano. To your right (North) there is a
bedroom/guest room. In this room there is a bunk bed. Queen size on
the bottom, regular on the top. There is also a dresser. Going out of
the guest room and going west again, there is another door to your
right that leads to a set of stairs. You go up the stairs (The stairs
face South, so you don't walk straight through the door into the
stairs, you go forward until the wall, take a right, go forward until
the next wall, and walk up the stairs.) and there is a very small
room, more like a short hallway, with doors to the right and left.
One side is the boys room, the other the girls room. The boy's room
is messy and clothes strewn across the floor. The girls room is
better,
but not up to Mom's standards.
It
seems that Mom has given up on the boy's room.
Back down the stairs, we turn right, and face west just like we were
when we walked in the door. Go forward more and there is the kitchen.
You walk into the kitchen and smell baking bread. This aroma is sweet
and it surrounds you. There is a wood stove here for some cooking,
but mostly heating during the winter. The majority of the cooking is
done on the gas stove. In the kitchen there is a door to your left,
(South) leading outside. To your right is a bathroom. If you go
further forward, you hit another door going right, (North) that leads
to the pantry and laundry room. If you hadn't gone right in the
kitchen, but gone forward, you would have hit the parent's room. The
parent's room has a nice king sized bed in it. There is a dresser at
the base of the bed. In the corners of the room at the top of the bed
there are several guns stacked. Going back into the pantry. In the
pantry there is a trap door that leads to the root cellar. You go
through this trap door and down into the root cellar. It smells musty
here, and is very cool. There are many shelves of canned goods, as
well as other food storage. You go back up to the pantry. There is a
door of the opposite side of the pantry as where you came in. It
leads outside. You peek your head out, and see a large wood pile on
the back of the house.
That was the house. Now for the outside.
I imagine this house on 15 or 20 acres of land. The whole lot of the land is surrounded by a split rail fence. Two or three acres are planted with wheat, another two or three with alfalfa. It's harvest time, and the wheat is swaying in the wind, waves of gold flowing across those few acres, and the alfalfa is tall and green. Near to these small plots of grain and alfalfa, there is a shop. This shop is rather large. You notice that a very big door on the front is open. Inside this door there is a small tractor and you can see a man, presumably the father here, working on it. He stands up and you can see grease and oil on his face as he wipes his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. As you keep walking in the shop, you can see it is kind of disorganized. There are two sides to this shop. The side you have walked in on has many tools for fixing mostly engines and auto stuff. There are wrenches and other tools strewn across the workbench. As you walk into the other side of the shop you notice that it is a little bit more neat. There are many wood and metal working tools here as well as machining tools. This room is also larger than the other one. There is a wood stove in the corner for warmth during the winter. On the other side of the property, there is a barn. The barn is not overly large, just enough to house the animals, and store the grain and hay. There is a gate off of the barn leading to 5 or so acres of pasture for the animals to graze with a small creek running through it. There is a milk cow, or maybe not a cow, but a couple of goats. A few ewes, and a ram. Some horses. Preferably appaloosas. Possibly a couple of pigs. Off the side of the barn, there is a place for the birds. There is a large coop, and several roosting places scattered throughout the enclosure. There is netting over the top and a small pond in the middle for the ducks and geese. There are several types of birds. Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese are the start. Looking over this scene, you can see the horses out in the pasture, tails flicking back and forth to ward off bugs while they graze, and manes flowing in the breeze. A colt follows it's mamma. The sheep aren't too far off, grazing as well. They have recently been sheared, because their wool isn't very long. There are two little sheep there. They are running with the small goat and playing like children. The older goats are a small distance from the sheep grazing. The pigs are in their own pen, also adjacent to the barn, wallowing in the mud. In the fowl enclosure, the majority of the ducks and geese are swimming in the pond. You see them duck their heads underwater every now and then in hopes to catch one of the small fish in the pond. Some of the chickens and turkeys are walking around pecking at the ground for food. The others are in the shade of their roosts. The rooster is strutting his stuff and his colorful feathers are quite flattering. He crows periodically. Going to another place on the property, there is the orchard. This orchard in on an acre or two and it has a variety of types of trees. There are apple trees on the first part that you walk into. As you walk in, you feel how cool the shade from the sun is provided by the trees. You feel the breeze lessen as the trees absorb it, and you can hear the rustle of the leaves and branches blowing in the wind. You can see the apples on the trees, but they are not quite ripe. They will be soon. As you keep walking you see cherry and plumb trees. Apricot, pear and peach as well. Going closer to the house, there is a garden and a small greenhouse. The whole garden is being watered by several sprinklers that are going at once. The garden is surrounded by fruit bearing bushes. Bushes with gooseberries and blueberries. Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries (I know strawberries don't grow on a bush, but they are there anyway) and currants too. The garden is getting ready for harvest, and many of the plants are ready. You see a section of the garden with melons. Watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew. Another part with carrots, beets, radishes, potatoes, and other vegetables with the root as the product. The next part with peppers of all kinds from extra hot to very mild. There is a section of pumpkin, squash, and cucumbers next. Another section with peas, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. And the final section with corn. You walk into the greenhouse. It smells moist, and feels humid. It's very hot inside. You walk down the steps, because the greenhouse goes down about 10 feet into the ground with the cover on top. It gets cooler, as you descend, but is still humid. There are no plants in the greenhouse right now, but it will be filled when winter starts. As you walk out of the greenhouse, you begin to walk back in the direction of the house. The house is surrounded with tall shade trees, and flowers of all kinds. They too are being watered. You smell their wonderful aroma, and see the bees busy at their work pollinating. You are in awe at the beauty of the scene. A woman, presumably the mother here, stands from pulling weeds and walks into the house to check on her bread. She is very attractive. You walk past the house, and about 50 yards later, you run into the small creek that later runs into the pasture. You see that someone has dug a shallow, but very wide pond in the creek. Maybe 50 feet across. There are fish swimming in the pond, but they are hard to see because the sun is reflecting off of the pond into your eyes. There are children playing in the pond, and swinging off of a swing which hangs on a great tree next to the pond. The sounds of their laughter and the sight of one boy dunking another yet again makes you chuckle. From where you are standing, you see quite a ways off on the edge of the property there are a few small white boxes on stands. You realize that these are the bee hives where the honey is harvested. You sit on the green grass and ponder the beauty of the whole place. It is peaceful here. Everybody and everything seems content, even happy. This is a place where you would like to stay forever.
That was the house. Now for the outside.
I imagine this house on 15 or 20 acres of land. The whole lot of the land is surrounded by a split rail fence. Two or three acres are planted with wheat, another two or three with alfalfa. It's harvest time, and the wheat is swaying in the wind, waves of gold flowing across those few acres, and the alfalfa is tall and green. Near to these small plots of grain and alfalfa, there is a shop. This shop is rather large. You notice that a very big door on the front is open. Inside this door there is a small tractor and you can see a man, presumably the father here, working on it. He stands up and you can see grease and oil on his face as he wipes his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. As you keep walking in the shop, you can see it is kind of disorganized. There are two sides to this shop. The side you have walked in on has many tools for fixing mostly engines and auto stuff. There are wrenches and other tools strewn across the workbench. As you walk into the other side of the shop you notice that it is a little bit more neat. There are many wood and metal working tools here as well as machining tools. This room is also larger than the other one. There is a wood stove in the corner for warmth during the winter. On the other side of the property, there is a barn. The barn is not overly large, just enough to house the animals, and store the grain and hay. There is a gate off of the barn leading to 5 or so acres of pasture for the animals to graze with a small creek running through it. There is a milk cow, or maybe not a cow, but a couple of goats. A few ewes, and a ram. Some horses. Preferably appaloosas. Possibly a couple of pigs. Off the side of the barn, there is a place for the birds. There is a large coop, and several roosting places scattered throughout the enclosure. There is netting over the top and a small pond in the middle for the ducks and geese. There are several types of birds. Chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese are the start. Looking over this scene, you can see the horses out in the pasture, tails flicking back and forth to ward off bugs while they graze, and manes flowing in the breeze. A colt follows it's mamma. The sheep aren't too far off, grazing as well. They have recently been sheared, because their wool isn't very long. There are two little sheep there. They are running with the small goat and playing like children. The older goats are a small distance from the sheep grazing. The pigs are in their own pen, also adjacent to the barn, wallowing in the mud. In the fowl enclosure, the majority of the ducks and geese are swimming in the pond. You see them duck their heads underwater every now and then in hopes to catch one of the small fish in the pond. Some of the chickens and turkeys are walking around pecking at the ground for food. The others are in the shade of their roosts. The rooster is strutting his stuff and his colorful feathers are quite flattering. He crows periodically. Going to another place on the property, there is the orchard. This orchard in on an acre or two and it has a variety of types of trees. There are apple trees on the first part that you walk into. As you walk in, you feel how cool the shade from the sun is provided by the trees. You feel the breeze lessen as the trees absorb it, and you can hear the rustle of the leaves and branches blowing in the wind. You can see the apples on the trees, but they are not quite ripe. They will be soon. As you keep walking you see cherry and plumb trees. Apricot, pear and peach as well. Going closer to the house, there is a garden and a small greenhouse. The whole garden is being watered by several sprinklers that are going at once. The garden is surrounded by fruit bearing bushes. Bushes with gooseberries and blueberries. Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries (I know strawberries don't grow on a bush, but they are there anyway) and currants too. The garden is getting ready for harvest, and many of the plants are ready. You see a section of the garden with melons. Watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew. Another part with carrots, beets, radishes, potatoes, and other vegetables with the root as the product. The next part with peppers of all kinds from extra hot to very mild. There is a section of pumpkin, squash, and cucumbers next. Another section with peas, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. And the final section with corn. You walk into the greenhouse. It smells moist, and feels humid. It's very hot inside. You walk down the steps, because the greenhouse goes down about 10 feet into the ground with the cover on top. It gets cooler, as you descend, but is still humid. There are no plants in the greenhouse right now, but it will be filled when winter starts. As you walk out of the greenhouse, you begin to walk back in the direction of the house. The house is surrounded with tall shade trees, and flowers of all kinds. They too are being watered. You smell their wonderful aroma, and see the bees busy at their work pollinating. You are in awe at the beauty of the scene. A woman, presumably the mother here, stands from pulling weeds and walks into the house to check on her bread. She is very attractive. You walk past the house, and about 50 yards later, you run into the small creek that later runs into the pasture. You see that someone has dug a shallow, but very wide pond in the creek. Maybe 50 feet across. There are fish swimming in the pond, but they are hard to see because the sun is reflecting off of the pond into your eyes. There are children playing in the pond, and swinging off of a swing which hangs on a great tree next to the pond. The sounds of their laughter and the sight of one boy dunking another yet again makes you chuckle. From where you are standing, you see quite a ways off on the edge of the property there are a few small white boxes on stands. You realize that these are the bee hives where the honey is harvested. You sit on the green grass and ponder the beauty of the whole place. It is peaceful here. Everybody and everything seems content, even happy. This is a place where you would like to stay forever.
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