 Nature surrounds and touches this home from every window, every angle,
every magical viewshed that opens up to a vast realm of the senses. The
property is infused with an almost elemental connection to the landforms
and the wealth of flora and fauna that are held gently in its midst. It
stands as an ongoing witness to an awe-inspiring aesthetic that rises
from in the embrace of hills and valleys that is part sun, part breeze,
part warmth, part earth, part tree, part sky - part of a grander scheme
of things that we can only honor and bless and remain mindfully aware
of.
Hawks circle overhead. The breeze carries the soft whinny of a horse. A
Mother Quail shepherds her covey across a quiet country lane only to
disappear into the native grasses of a sun-browned meadow. Forests on a
distant ridgeline are perfectly framed by the custom curve of an
upstairs portico. Constantly changing orientations of light move through
the day. At night s softly lit city inhabits the hilltop. A nearby
redwood grove stretches skyward towards infinite blueness of sky while a
rich loamy carpet adorned with graceful ferns thrives at the shady foot
of its roots. Ancient oaks stand in silent witnesses of the open
meadows, gnarled limbs bundled with the weavings of Spanish Moss colored
with the slow embers of an afternoon's filtered sun. Deer travel their
own timeless paths through  the countryside. A trio of horses and riders
crosses the open space of an adjoining hilltop - beautifully and
unexpectedly - only to disappear down a man-made trail on the other
side. The sounds of silence. The white tails of small bunnies that come
out in the early evening to enjoy a rich, green grassy lawn. Flying
squirrels leaping in defiance of gravity from limb to limb of madrones
and oaks and firs. A private sensing of a secret world that continues on
to merge just over the next hill, just beyond the next little valley
where the sun continues to shine and feed the earth.
A daily meditation. Soothing nourishment for the soul. |
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