A Beautiful Home

While we were in California, our dear friend invited us for dinner which would happen the following week. Of course, we said yes and made the date available exclusively for him. It was his birthday weekend. My kids basically grew up knowing him like family in Maryland. He is also one of my best male friends, plus I truly love his mother.

I initially thought we'd meet at the buffet restaurant near our house, but this time, he gave us a different address. An address not in Frederick, but at the next town, Myersville. Last Sunday, when we arrived a little past four o'clock, we had the feeling that he moved to this new address.

...and all of us were right. It was a beautiful home with lots of big windows in a very wonderful location. The house sits on a hill and the big backyard is on a slope and going down; there's a little clearing that you can build a tent and camp for the night. The property is huge, and I mean HUGE with gardens of flowers, herbs and fruit bearing trees of pears, pecans and apples, and a wild flower meadow.



The house has so much natural light coming in from all the big windows. Jealous! I am also envious of the kitchen which has a lot of counter space, and storage. *sigh.



The place is spacious and there's no backyard neighbor. ...and the house? It felt like you need a map to find a restroom. Hehehe. Just kidding. In all the windows facing the backyard, you can see the mountain which, I think, is part of Gambril State Park. Definitely, we will invite ourselves here in the coming fall season. Hehehehe. This part of the house will definitely have the wonderful golden hues of autumn.



From the entrance, going to the hallway then to the kitchen, there's a room for his two dogs, which has an electric fan for the hot summer, before going to the other room where there's a huge flat screen TV exclusively for his mother's The Filipino Channel. Also, in the next room, it has a pingpong table which the boy absolutely loved.



While exploring, I saw this plant that looked like bitter melon or a caterpillar. I wonder if this is edible. (Update: I have learned from my friend, Nancy that the bitter melon looking plant is a milkweed. It's not a fruit but a bud. This plant is poisonous to humans but great for butterflies, bugs and beetles.)



Oh, by the way, this was the first time I saw a pecan, not in a pack at the grocery store, but on a tree. A live one.  Complete amazement!



While exploring the estate, I willingly picked flowers and put them on an empty bottle of Yuengling beer. There is an endless supply of cut flowers in this home, for sure.



Meet Aang and Appa. Aang kept kissing aka licking me from my elbow and then down to my legs. Hehehe. She licked liked me.



What can I say? I am so happy for my friends, and for our get togethers. We don't do it often, but we always look forward to our gatherings. ...and I'm still envious of this home, but the mister is not of the yard work. Hehehe.

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