Evening Hike "of Appreciation"

I'm working on "appreciating" and took a really cool hike last night to that end. Our house is on the top of a hill with a 360-degree view of the Sierra Nevada mountains. We're technically in the Sequoia National Forest on private land. We asked neighboring land owners if we could hike on their property to get pictures of our own. It was so exciting! Their property is gorgeous and it was pretty amazing to see our house from that perspective. I've posted pictures below and I am going to mention this because I am sensitive on this issue: we're not rich. This part of the Sierra has very low property values and the house has been in the family since 1982. That said, it is a mansion designed by Irving Gill and actually used to be a brothel. :)

I am so excited about these pictures. They aren't particularly good, but if we had an actual professional up there with us, we could really have something. That's our house on the hill in the background. The beautiful people in the picture are my people. :)

Hilltop

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Leesie | April 22, 2009 3:42 PM | Reply

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing. It sounds amazing living where you do being so close to nature and all..and to the sky ;o)

I'm going to send you a private message to tell you a little bit of my story and depression. So glad I found you and your blog!

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