The View from my front door - Case File #25

WOW this was a stretch for me! I lifted Annette Gearside's page and wow girl you have a lot of work on your page!!! This is my front yard - we built our "dream" house in 1999. We spent a year clearing cedar off the front half of it (we have three acres) so we could find a spot to build. We camped out every weekend and cleared trees, burned them and moved rock. Through the years we have put a tremendous amount of sweat into our yard - the little fence there on the left is a little "corral" that my hubby built with gardens and hammock and at one time a little pond but has ALWAYS been the sitting room - now retired my husband sits out there and reads for hours - all our little family chats with the kids occur here - serious and just because. We have deer and keep water for them so they are always visiting as well as the birds and our waundering cats who spend their time going in and out to play. It took awhile to learn what I could and couldn't plant between the deer and the rocks - yes we grow them. I clear them off and the next year they have risen from the ground yet again!The pretty metal trellis there in the left photo is the entrance to the corral. It is or was covered in Carolina Jasmine but that has now climbed it's was up about 20 feet through the oaks so when it blooms in spring it looks like the tree is blooming yellow. Now that we are getting close to getting all the kids out of the house (REALLY not sure this is ever going to happen- lol) we are thinking of selling and downsizing and moving closer to some of the older kids so we can be close to the grand-kids - travel and just enjoy the time we have left. I think I feel this more and more as my husband is 13 years older than I am and I see the years ticking away. Journaling about all this is on the little tag tucked in the pocket behind the photos. Most of the papers are from a Noel Mignon kit then just a little bit of this and that. Annette - thank you for the inspiration!! I don't think I would ever do this on my own.
Evidence: Foliage, borders and border punches, architectural elements would be from the photo,gold accents
Testimony: Told the history of this house in my journaling documenting my home.
Thanks for looking and thanks for the challenge!

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Comment by Eila Sandberg on July 4, 2012 at 12:49am: Congrats sweetie! your beautiful page has been placed on the Watch List! xox

Comment by Sylvia Mellander Ekman on June 27, 2012 at 11:56am: Great job lifting Annettes page! Love the punched papers and clusters!

Comment by Anupama Choudary on June 26, 2012 at 7:50am: I like the way you have adapted Annette's style and managed to put your own stamp on it! Loved reading about how you built your house. Moving away seems like such a hard thing to do after all the effort you put in.

Comment by Ali Parris on June 25, 2012 at 3:53pm: What a fabulous story about your idyllic yard :0) A beautiful page with fabulous detail. Love the punched background page.

Comment by Annette Gearside on June 25, 2012 at 7:25am: Debbie, I'm humbled & honoured you chose my LO to scraplift X:) thank you so much. I love the story of your home & your garden, so heart warming !!! how lovely you all enjoy sitting in the garden sharing family time, all your details are terrific especially love the key .. so meaningful .. hugz!!!

Comment by Anita Stokes on June 24, 2012 at 9:04pm: this is just a beautiful layout!!!!! i love how you have journalled!!

oh to have a bit of land!! its our dream, maybe one day we will get it???

Comment by Debbi Tehrani on June 24, 2012 at 7:09pm: Wow, Debbie! What a fantastic job lifting Annette! She will be proud! Loved reading all the sweet details about your lovely home. Sounds like a beautiful place to live. Gorgeous array of details. Loving the key--a perfect and meaningful accent. Your distressing is fantastic. Love the journaling pocket. So much to savor on here!

Comment by Milagros C Rivera on June 24, 2012 at 7:01pm: awesome story and such a great work on the lift Debbie, just wow!

Comment by Ellen Porter on June 24, 2012 at 4:46pm: Great layout Debbi, your property sound like a very fun place to live.

Comment by Anna-Karin on June 24, 2012 at 1:00pm: Wow Debbi, this is stunning. Awesome scraplift. Love your view and the story about your house. Lovely details, background and design. TFS!