The Virtual tour of my eye of hell

[Ranger1930]

Well. I walked outside today. To get a breath of fresh air and what not. And well I decided I was going to take some pics of where I live for you folks.

So here they are. The place I affectionately call the Eye of Hell =)

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moving along

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the Driveway, yes its stones.. no fancy shamncy pavement here

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This building came with house. its actually much larger than the house itself.. the previous owner was a taxidermist. and he used this building to display all his works and work on his stuff and what not. Basically we use it for storage. But hopefully and slowly we are getting it organized so we can use the second floor as like a relaxing place.

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At the end of the drive way, almost into the backyard. Yes that is a garden with some plants coming up, recently planted(a bit late)

[darogle]

Looks like a nice place to me!

Funny...I always imagined hell to have less trees.....

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here's one half of th backyard. this is where the garden is. And a concrete pad which used to have a very old shed on it. unfortunately i had to take the shed down, or else it would have fallen over. Will be building a new one here soon. Most likely over summer.

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the back of the house. and my back porch, cluttered up of course..

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the other part of the back yard, looking over to the side yard.

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the rest of the side yard. and my neighbor. Greatest neighbor in the world.. he's almost like a father too me.

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heehehe his back yard, the geerage, the shized. the heater and the wood pile, oh along with the dog pen, with his two dogs, Smokey(seen) and Cocoa. two of the biggest labs you'll ever see

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Here's the side of the house.

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looking up from the side yard towards the lane. the old tree, its a very.. very old japanese maple. used to climb on it a ton when i was kid, its awesome and one of the favorite parts of my yard. Once the house is mine(I.E my mom buys her place in maryland) I'm going to plant several more about the property. Especialy near where the garden is. I want to turn it into a calm, peaceful place with some more of the maples and some willows. with a few benchs and paths and flower beds and such.

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Standing on the lane looking at the house.

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Coming down my lane. Its very sheltered. There is only 3 houses on the lane period. Each with a good sized yard between them like you saw I have. Yes its quite a ways back in the country. Don't have any traffic down the lane.. at all. really. Very relaxing. But sometimes the noise from the wildlife outside can drive you insane.. specially when your trying to sleep in late, and your windows are open cause its so bloody hot..

With that being said the house itself is very old. I have photos of the house that date back to pre-civil war. Which doesnt really surprise me at all. Seeing as there is a giant farm through the line of tree's behind it. Which leads me to believe it might have once been the farm house for the area. granted the house was not as big as it is now. there were several additions.

Basic things about the house. Its a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath. the 1/2 bath serves also as the laundry room. It does not have a basement. but rather a dirt floor cellar.

In one of the pics you noticed a white pvc pipe going across from the gutters, We have a 20 thousand gallon Cistern that we get water from. There is a city water line. but *shrugs* why pay the 5000$ hook up fee. and all the fees afterwards when we get water for free.. from the sky. where its supposed to come from.

We have 2 living rooms, And one nice large dining room, and kitchen its not a huge kitchen but its good sized to say the least.

that's about all i can think of at this point in time. If yall have any questions feel free to ask.

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Almost as an after thought. In the pic that shows the lane. You see a big expanse of yard. Its owned by the railroad. and its across the lane from my house. the train tracks are just on the other side of the vegetation. Don't really have a good pic to show you the tracks.. cause they are down in a massive ditch. but yea.. A train goes by nightly. sometimes twice or three times a night. but normally just once. low and rumbling. its very soothing. and if your on the edge of sleep by the time it comes.. believe me. nothing could put you out better =)

[Summer]

Looks like a calm comfortable place you have there! I have a train that passes by here nightly too. At first it woke me up all the time but now I think I couldn't sleep without it.

[Teddy Bear]

What a beautiful old house!!! I love the porches!

Your idea of planting more trees, paths, benches, etc. sounds wonderful. But if your way out there in the country I'm guessing you have a septic tank and not city sewage. Make sure you plant far away from it. My in-laws had a lot of problems with tree roots in thier drainage pipe. And you mention willows, they are the worst! Talk to some people knowledgeable about septic systems & tree roots before you start.

TY for sharing. I really enjoyed it.

[Summer]

Teddy Bear you are correct about the septic system and trees. They are notorious for shutting a system down. My husband and myself owned a septic tank company (repairing old systems and installing new). My suggestion is to plant a flower bed above it. ;)

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we are on city sewage. And all 3.. yes 3 of the old septic tanks have been removed =) so there's nothing to fret about.

[Steph]

Hell? That's beautiful! Population density there . . . so low! Here . . . so high! :D