Visit to a NW Dream

Sis and her hubby bought a five acre view lot some years ago. After retirement, they designed and built their dream home on this lot. Sis designed the house and gardens herself and even drafted the blueprints.

We just visited them and were introduced to their dream. It was inspirational. Our ancestral families come from the farm and garden, so it is no great astonishment that one of us would inherit the interest, and it helped to have a handy partner who shares her love. They did all the grounds themselves except for the drip irrigation system. We left with a new enthusiasm for our own garden (and a car full of plants to prime our new activity).

I was allowed to take the mini-Deere for a joy ride.

The NW is called evergreen, but for some months of the year, Sis dubs it evergray. So they escape to their southern desert home in the winter.