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The road out to our village in the Berkshires. It is indeed over the river and through the woods. Woods, fields, and swamps:

View from the upper barn. Trout stream down there in the valley. Those are our woods up on the hills too - insofar as anybody can "own" woods. The hawks, owls, deer and and bears own them, really. Well, God owns them, but I can harvest firewood there. You can see the White Pine infestation in the upper meadow. We have been at 'em, but it's a lot of work to cut them down. It's a shame that you cannot really burn White Pine in the fireplace. Too much resin, burns too hot.

This is downtown: a Congo Church, the old one-room schoolhouse, around 10 nice antique houses, and a fork in the road. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Nice old house in town:

Another one:

Down our driveway:

Up our driveway:

Barn needs paint - and more - badly. Plumbing works, tho -

A pup running up the driveway:

One of our hayfields:

The Birch grove:

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Lovely. Quite genteel, however. Where's the livestock, and how do you keep the meth lab hidden from the neighbors? They ought to be used to seeing at least a rusting hay wagon or drill planter tucked away in the brush so they don't especially notice anything, and you don't have to post the property or set out Claymores or anything.

#1 Seppo on 2009-10-28 19:23 (Reply)

Meth lab in the underground bomb shelter thru trap door under the tractors in the barn, with all of our auto weapons, grenade launchers, Confederate flags, Nazi uniforms, etc etc.

right capitalist wing nuts, after all.

#1.1 Bird Dog on 2009-10-28 19:29 (Reply)

Very nice place, lovely. Did I miss the apple orchard?

#2 bob on 2009-10-28 20:07 (Reply)

We have about 5 good apple trees along the river. Wire all around them to protect them from the damn beavers.

#2.1 Bird Dog on 2009-10-28 20:09 (Reply)

Same thing should have been done in the Garden of Eden.

#2.1.1 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-10-28 21:52 (Reply)

Hunh? Put a wire cage around Eve?
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#2.1.1.1 Meta on 2009-10-28 23:05 (Reply)

Too bad beaver fur hats are no longer in fashion.

#2.1.2 Gringo on 2009-10-29 23:04 (Reply)

that looks like a nice place to visit :)

#3 kab on 2009-10-28 20:38 (Reply)

Beautiful pics. I need to become more moderately prosperous. : )

#4 jappy on 2009-10-28 20:56 (Reply)

These photos were the perfect antidote to a stressful day in the office. For the 100th time, I thought to myself that yes, Maggie's is always the most interesting, eclectic toy box to root around in. One always finds something enticing. Thank you again!

#5 Dana (Link) on 2009-10-28 21:25 (Reply)

Looks like a nice area. Any need for a poor but honest lawyer in that neck of the woods? Am gettting tired of everything collapsing around here, and am willing to work for a couple chickens in the pot and a pint of maple syrup now and again. Throw in a good church and it would be perfect.

#6 Jim on 2009-10-28 22:03 (Reply)

"Throw in a good church" alone is enough. Hard to find. Nobody wants to work for them & feed them. Mine's fed, and growing. Doubled in size the last two years. My former one - liberal Episcopalian - is dying, fading away. Just like our (Maggie's, really) farm. Ya gotta tend to the crops, and the farmer (or priest) can't do it alone. Bless ya, Jim, and good luck.

#6.1 Gwynne on 2009-10-28 23:38 (Reply)

Sorry, Maggie - "Just like ... Maggie's" is supposed to go with "gotta work", NOT with "fading away"!! We apologize for the ambiguity - hard being a Semantic Corgi.

#6.1.1 Gwynne on 2009-10-28 23:42 (Reply)

Gwynne--I'm fortunate that I also belong to a really wonderful and grace-filled church. It's what has kept my life going, on so many levels, and most of my spare time is spent helping out there. At one time my life was a total mess (although I was outwardly successful from the world's standpoint), and it was this church and the wonderful people in it that got my life back on track.

Thanks for reminding me that the wordly stuff, in the end, isn't what's important. As Jonathan Edwards once said, "To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here."

#6.1.2 Jim on 2009-10-29 02:29 (Reply)

You gotta milk cow in that there barn>>>>>?

#7 RL on 2009-10-29 00:36 (Reply)

BD,

Tranquility + ...no wonder you always 'sound' so relaxed!!

Beautiful domicile!

#8 Garry on 2009-10-29 12:05 (Reply)

Very Nice! You do have a dehumidifier in there, right? We've found that the gernade pins tend to rust otherwise. It's interesting that your area appears so similiar to mush of SE Ohio.

#9 MikeinAppalachia on 2009-10-29 12:54 (Reply)

I'm interested in the amount of taxes levied upon the place

#10 Rich Cooper (Link) on 2009-10-29 13:29 (Reply)

Beautiful. That right there, is the essence of New England/North East living.
I miss the old homestead and the history of the East Coast. Out West there's nothing. Sure scenic views, but there's no human soul to the landscape. One needs fieldstone walls. Antique farmhouses and Churches. Tree Choked lanes and quaint, friendly towns.

The West lacks the tangible manifestation of one's history upon/reflected in the landscape.

You can never go home...but I can't seem to stop wishing I might.

As always, thanks Bdog. You are charmed.

#11 garrett on 2009-10-30 12:05 (Reply)

Too bad you were too lazy to get out of the car to take the pictures. Could have been really good photos. Instead they look like typical tourist stuff.

#12 srfotog on 2009-11-06 21:29 (Reply)

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