Here is the current view, up into the orchard, from our front deck. We enjoy migrating birdsong and protection from the sound of traffic beyond that patch of woods in view.
Since I was 18, I have been a towndweller. Then in my time abroad, excepting London, I landed in many a rural spot. So now we've set up house again in a rural county...and to my amazement, this picture below is almost exactly the scene from our back deck, except...
This is the view of our dwelling as you approach from the lane. Welcome! The orchard and woods is off to the left. Farmers fields are down below, beyond the Right scope of the picture.
Since I was 18, I have been a towndweller. Then in my time abroad, excepting London, I landed in many a rural spot. So now we've set up house again in a rural county...and to my amazement, this picture below is almost exactly the scene from our back deck, except...
...it was taken from just over the hedge on our compound in Kenya this spring! That brought home the appreciation I'd gained in my experience in so many homes in the last 2 years: that while many aspects of our lives are un-translate-able, they are also very, very much the same.
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