I spent some hours, today and yesterday, mostly yesterday, trying to get my home listed on craigslist, but it will not post, in spite of help. It is a mystery to me. Maybe they thought I was lying, because it looks, just too good to be true.
Right this moment, I'm typing on my laptop, as it sits on my kitchen table. I'm looking out multiple windows, in almost gale force winds, rain lashing about, and I'm enjoying the calm, quiet, shelter. I am surrounded on two sides by houseplants and summer flower pots, that refuse to stop blooming:)
I would rather advertise for a person, to come and enjoy this place, even more than I have. So, just for the fun of it, I'm going to write an ad here. A hypothetical one, from my tiny farm, to cyberspace.
"I'm looking for a companion, to occupy my quiet spaces. Preferably a family, with children and pets, who will make some noise out here for me to listen to. I'm a good sized home, really old, but I don't show it. I have gleaming hardwood floors, but don't run too fast, you might slip and get a terrible black eye, like my present companion did. I was glad when they removed that landline. Why would she run to the phone like that? You must not expect everything to be perfect about me. I need some paint on my porch, and on my deck. I love my new red roof, it was a sacrifice of love giving me that. I have a new boiler, that burns oil, and heats with baseboard hot water. I think I'm realllllyyy cozy myself. I have a big kitchen, but I need a couple of new appliances, (as least my present companion thinks so, since she broke one burner on the cooktop, I don't mind though, I love her)
I have four small bedrooms, and very short steps up to the second story where they all are. Walk carefully and hold the hand rail. There are beautiful views from every single window. There are so many animals around and I like their company. There are ancient trees, in front and back and in the woods too. On one of them, I sport a really awesome rope swing. I have apples trees, both wild and tame, that would prefer someone with a little more experience than my present companion has. (No offense)
I have given off good, cozy heat from my fireplace, and I am spacious downstairs, with a separate laundry room. I have a secret entrance behind the dryer, for my companions' cat to come and go through. (Just thought someone might especially like this:)
I have a huge front porch. People think I look friendly and that's because I am. Yes, I do have that bit of white picket fence in my yard. Don't hold it against me though, I bet some of my future companions used to have mullets too:)
My driveway is gravel and out toward the gravel road is my large and really cool barn. I feel extra cool about it because Wolf Out the Window used to practice in me. They really rock by the way. None of the neighbours minded, because there are none close enough to hear a loud rock band!
As you go up the driveway more, just past the house, up the hill a bit, is the sweetest artist cottage you ever did see. (Just sharing a secret, this is the best hook in my "fishing for a new companion" tackle box) When my present companion first went in there, she burst out crying for joy, that's when I knew she would be mine:) It is large, bright, with a woodstove that really pumps out the heat. I think my heart is more in here than I can communicate. My present companion would like a bathroom in there, and so would I.
You can walk all over me, all 42 acres of me. There are places to play, jump on trampoline, and 30 acres of me, you can plow and plant. They are used to that. I have a big, sweet, spring fed pond, with tons of fish and a dock. I have been greatly enjoyed by everyone who's ever jumped into me. The oftener, the better I say. I am absolutely perfect in summer, not yucky like some ponds that I won't mention.
You have to like fresh air, lots of flowers, lots! You have to like living pretty far from a grocery store and make my kitchen the best restaurant around, or you'll get frustrated. You must like BBQ's and outdoor fireplaces and picnics, just because. It would be helpful if you liked mountain biking, because it is my well kept secret. If you need to heal, from your season of life, if you need rest and respite, I am perfect for that if I do say so myself. Angels like me, and God made me for someone, who needs Him.
My companion right now, doesn't want to leave me, she's downright protective of me. She even prays for me, she loves me and she knows God gave me to her for a season. I like that about her."
Okay, that's the note, just as my farm dictated it. Love to all:)
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