Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farm. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I Want to Remember This

 
 

This is where we live. That is our white house with the enormous bedroom window that makes it impossible to sleep late in the summer (until that Forrest covered it up with cardboard). That is our long gravel driveway. Those are our thatched neighbors. That is our beautiful twisty road and our ancient neighborhood apple orchard. All of this is ours. 


We still don't know when we're leaving, but I already miss all of it. 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Stiiiiill Snowy!

We drove down to the nearest town, Bury St. Edmunds to walk in the Cathedral's gardens. Technically we live in Bury, but it's too far to walk, there aren't any sidewalks most of the way, and there is absolutely no way I'm walking on a 60 mph road that everyone speeds on anyway. 


We were walking along, minding our own business, when this little creature popped out in front of us.



He thought Forrest had something to offer him. A few minutes later we found out why the squirrels are so friendly when a woman walked up with several bags of nuts. She kindly offered a bag to us and we continued to domesticate the wildlife.


The ducks were our next target. And, apparently, snow is very comfortable to ducks.



The St. Edmundsbury Cathedral is a very large and beautiful part of the town. In my humble opinion, we live near one of the prettiest towns in Suffolk. I really enjoy living in such an idyllic British borough. The small shopping center (which includes an H&M!) doesn't hurt either. And, as always, it looks even prettier covered in snow.


We live in a really great location, surrounded by quiet farmland with the city two miles down the road. I had never lived by any fields until 1.5 years ago and now I know what I was missing. In the summer, they are full of wheat, onions, and potatoes and you can smell it for days when they harvest the onions.The tractors drive on the roads almost as fast a normal vehicle. They drive on the highway. Picture a huge tractor zooming down a six-lane highway.

This is our yard and the field in front of our house. The sun shines into the kitchen as it sets and lights up the room with the most wonderful orange glow. The kitchen is on the darkest side of the house, which I hate, and is at its brightest at sunset, which I love. It's my very favorite time of day.