I could have entitled this "Goldilocks Finally Finds Her House and Ooos and Aaas Over the Baby Giraffe!" But I thought that might be too long. I now have two more "loves" in my life - my house and the baby giraffe. Let me tell you about my house.
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| Need to top off that tree! |
After looking at about 25 houses, I knew as soon as I saw the online photos that the house on Gomer Avenue was "just right". I loved everything about it both inside and out. I think I would have wanted the house just to get the back yard! It is a wonderful sanctuary of flowering shrubs, herbs, flowers and even a grape vine. I can see spending lots of time out there and on the covered back porch. CoCo will love it, too! And from the front porch there's a view of the Peak 😊
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| Love this back porch! |
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| And I love the back yard! |
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| Green and nature - perfect! |
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| And an herb garden!! |
But, fortunately, I also love the house. There's a large master bedroom. Many years ago someone took down a wall between two smaller bedrooms and made the larger one with a small sitting area near large windows. Then there's a guest room and what I call a "bonus room". The present owner converted the garage into living space. I plan to get a piano eventually and that would be a great room for it along with my doll collection and other childhood memorabilia.
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| Master Bedroom |
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| Love the Back Splash |
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| Cute dining area that looks to the back yard |
The kitchen is small, but beautifully decorated with a lovely tile backsplash and a tile floor that continues into the small dining area and utility/laundry room. The owner has taken such good care of everything and it looks wonderful! The only change I will make is to paint the master bedroom. She painted it green and while it isn't an "in your face" green, I'm just not a fan of green. So I plan to paint it a muted aqua - like an Italian Mediterranean aqua.
Closing isn't until June 9 and I'm finding it hard to be patient! I'm so ready to have my own house and get all my things out of storage so I can see all my precious belongings once more. I've forgotten what all I have packed in there so it will be like Christmas when I get all the boxes out and opened. And it will be so wonderful to get all my artwork on the walls and be able to see all those wonderful paintings again. Can you tell I'm excited?? I've only owned one other house in my entire life - the one I sold before I left for France - so I'm so looking forward to calling this lovely little house mine.
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| Baby is getting checked out |
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| Boma is probably wondering "why?" |
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| Abuto and daughter, Elsa, claim the rock |
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| Tahoma's antlers are getting big |
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| Tumani was showing us her teeth |
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| Cute little Ember playing with momma |
On another note, when I went to the zoo this past week the little giraffe was outside with the herd. She seemed a little dazed! Do you think her neck hurt looking so far up to the adults? She is so adorable and we are so happy to have this new addition to our giraffe herd. The male lion cubs are no longer allowed to be in the same enclosure as dad, Abuto. While this is sad, it is a normal and natural progression of events in the life of a lion pride. The cubs are almost 2 years old and the boys are starting to act like adolescents! Dad was having none of their shenanigans, according to one of the lion keepers, and put them in their place. So to avoid any agitation that could lead to violence, they are keeping the boys separate from dad. They can be with the females as long as dad is not there. In the wild, the young males would be driven from the area that the pride is in and would go find their own mates and begin their own prides. But in captivity that is not an option. We'll see what happens to the boys in the next few months as they may be moved to another zoo or zoos. 😞
The rest of the animals were all wonderful to visit with, as always. The zoo is my "happy place" and I always look forward to my next visit.
I thank you all for staying with me on my most recent path. I appreciate all your comments and encouragement. I was watching the final movie of the "Lord of the Rings" and at the end, Frodo shows his book and Bilbo's book. Bilbo's book was called "There and Back Again" and I decided that was a good title for a book I may write! But I might call mine "Here, There, and Back Again".
