Stonecrest Manor is FOR SALE
This is our home...for 6 more weeks.
Then it could be Your Home.
Forgive me, but I am going to brag on this house a bit and tell you a bit of its stories.
First, a Tour.
Shall we start in Spring?
You'll pass over the bridge as you come up to the driveway and if you look off to the left you will see "Tricky Trail" - the little trail that follows the creek to its origin. Daffodil Hill is back there too, but we will get to that later. For now, keep going. You are almost to the terraced hills and your first view of the house.
If you cross the creek at exactly the right time in the morning (i.e. after putting the kids on the bus in the fall), the sun will stream through the trees like magic. If you are taking an evening walk, you might see the lights pop on as dusk settles in.
Look to your left and the woods are pure, empty wildness.
There is a herd of deer that live here and (knock on wood) never hit up my gardens.
They tend to be satisfied with the orchard behind the house.
(Yes, there is an orchard behind the house, and a CSA down the street, and a farm store about a mile away where you can buy produce
if you choose NOT to do a CSA and another mile or so gets you to Perrydell where everyone around here buys their gallons.)
Did I mention that the BEST THING about the driveway is when it does this:
I have bucketloads of the same spot - the same light from Heaven:
A bit of magic every morning.
...and if you have a foggy day, you will get magic front the front porch too:
#nofilter
...and on a clear day:
If you walk over to that firepit and look over the edge, you'll see three gardens.
The plot to the left holds perennial edibles, trees for cuttings and usually a batch of potatoes.
...and often sunsets that fall over the neighbor's homes just like that.
I call it the potager because it is a mix of flowers and fruits and the very best time of year is early summer when the poppies are in bloom and a storm has rolled through. You will probably have watched said storm from the rocking chairs on your front porch or perhaps from your bedroom balconies.
Your choice.
Look to the left and you will see my pride and joy. The Parterre.
This was a work in progress for three years and it looks better today than this picture from 3 weeks ago.
There are hundreds of flowers in this garden - all for cutting.
You will literally pick a bouquet a day from March to November.
If you look up from the potager towards the house, you will see a stone wall and a wild garden above.
Those are the wildflowers and they grow in a battle for dominance. The bees go nuts.
Ready for the house?
She is built completely of stone, legend being that the original owners hauled ever last bit of it from that creek you passed over on your way up the driveway. Those are iris there to the left that bloom a deep aubergine each spring and the flags are hung from those bedroom balconies that you might have your morning tea from on crisp fall days. Welcome.
The double doors open straight into what we call "The Courtyard", which once held two-story jump rope sessions.
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