Land HO!

Once upon a time, last July......

Randomly, Hubby and I have been on the lookout for land. Not hunting like Captin Ahab. Just casualy looking ~ dreaming really.

Sometimes God has a way of making reality better than dreams.

Exhibit A:

While keeping up with listings on the MLS, I came across a property that was a little bit bigger than what we were looking for BUT still in out general price range and the general area we would want to be. We drove out one evening, and while hubby liked the general area, he wasn't overly impressed by the lot. But we did have a random question about it. So wifie called the listing realtor to ask questions.

Enter Exhibit B:

Realtor answered said questions but then chose to mention that there happened to be another parcel not yet listed because they just divided it off a larger tract. Interestingly, it was more secluded ( a fact that Hubbie liked, which means we drove back out to take a look)

As we pulled onto to lot, we liked the fact that it had 2 groves of walnut trees and was gently rolling which would bode well for a walk-out basement (something we would love to have in a house) After hiking up to the top of the hill, I turned around to see what kind of views the parcel offered ....

Stunned. Amazed. I uttered one word - wow!

Now, I do realize that when purchasing real estate, it is always good to go back for a second or even 3rd visit. So we did. We got others people's opinions, their thoughts on the good, the bad and the ugly concerning the lot.

Interestingly, the more we visited, the more we fell in love with the place. We weren't all 'head in the clouds' , we were looking at all the potential downfalls of the property too...and wondering about potential neighbors....

Enter Exhibit C:

Driving back to measure how long the driveway might need to be, we passed the person who would be our next door neighbor.... this person looked familiar to me.... this person WAS familiar to me.... this potiental future neighbor is in fact our accountant.

Hmmmm....makes you think doesn't it?

Things have been moving fast, or at least it feels fast.

This has been a whirl-wind, but then God is in the whirl-wind.

To be continued......

Hubby walking on the land - this would roughly be the view from the back of the house.