A Storybook Life

Yesterday I shared the view from my upstairs home office window, but today I thought I’d take you on a little trip around the country roads that surround our village (she’s called the “Queen Village”, because she is said to be fit for a queen!). We’ve had such wonderful weather, but today the news says that there will be rain around mid-morning. So, my romantic sweetie, decided to take me for a ride through the country, so we could try to capture the view before the rain drops started. We’ve had such a dry summer, and we really need the rain, but… with the leaves being extra beautiful this year, I didn’t want to miss my chance… just in case the rain decides to wash many of the beautiful leaves away. Even though it is a bit overcast, I still think you’ll enjoy the drive.

* The picture above is the view from a high hill right outside of the village. This view has always reminded me of the story of “Heidi”, living a quiet country life making her butter & cheese up in the mountains with her gandfather, while the folks in the village below bustled about with their daily city life. The village is down below, but just over the hill, tucked into the forest… is our cottage.

Each picture can be clicked - then choose “all sizes” at the top of the picture to see a bigger view

I love this old barn! It is such a big barn, that the owners have to work on it a little at a time.



Here’s a picture looking at the front of the barn.



This is a church that sits high upon one of the highest hills in the area. I love the deep red trees against the white plaster.



This is Panther Lake - only a few miles from my house.



Here’s another beautiful red barn, that sits on a little horse farm. You can only see the top from here, but they also have a windmill and several other small buildings.



This is the view from another high hill surrounding the village. I love to come here & look at the village below. I thought this picture was especially lovely, with the old stone wall framing the view. We have stone walls everywhere here! As the tale goes… the village was built on stone. And I’ll tell you, that I for one believe every word of it (especially when trying to dig in the garden - but that’s such a small price to pay for the beauty of stone walls at every turn!)



Case in point… here’s an old farm bridge made of field stone. This is the stuff that dreams are made of… my dreams anyway ;)



I just had to show you the color from this stand of maple trees… don’t you love that chocolate & deep red!



Here’s another one of the beautiful windmills that we saw today! I love the red & white colors - especially with the reds & oranges on the trees in the background!


As we turned around the bend, almost to our country lane, we saw that the local Amish ladies were selling their farm goods at their stand in front of a local store on Main St. I would love to have been able to share that scene with you, but the Amish do not wish to have their pictures taken. Last year, we had 5 families move into our area, and now, several times a week, we see them in the village sharing their fresh goods with the community (and we are happy to support local farmers - especially where pies are concerned ;) We were excited to hear that even more families will be moving here soon!

We got done just in time!

From what I hear… “the sun will come out tomorrow”

But until then…

Country Road Take me Home