The other day I was sweeping the deck off, the last chore after a few hours of outdoor puttering, when this thought popped into my head:
" I love working my butt off at Prairie Pond Woods
so that you can come and sit on yours."
That thought led to another:
"Why don't you show all the places where people can sit on the property...to reflect or take in the beauty?"
So imagine yourself sitting back and relaxing in them, as we take a tour of the first in a series of the many chairs where you can plant Le derrière and experience the "art of sitting in one place."
The Front Porch is one of the guest's favorite places to wake up with a morning cup of Birds and Beans coffee. It is in shade until about 1 pm and dark enough until then to use a laptop. A breeze always blows through it, keeping it very comfortable. At night, with the candles lit, you can listen to peepers and toads at the pond or look out over the fields filled with a zillion fireflies! While swaying on the porch swing, you can ponder areas in your life that might need to awaken or come alive...
Just off the front porch is another great place to sit and watch fireflies at night or the sun cast its warm light on the hills in the morning. The field in front bursts with twinkling lights around 9 pm and if the stars are visible, the whole darkness glitters from the ground to the heavens! This is a wonderful place to ask yourself if you are letting your light shine or hiding it for some reason...
We refer to this place as the Sunset View. In the summer, this is the perfect spot to watch the sun go down over the prairie. In spring you can hear the woodcocks and watch their erratic, spiral flight right from these Adirondacks. With a cold drink, a cup of hot chocolate, a good friend, a soul-mate or all by yourself...this is a wonderful place to just let your thoughts meander...
Lastly, there is always the back deck...and always a-flutter with butterflies, hummingbirds and other feathered friends at the feeder. A great spot if you need a surface for writing or WIFI for communicating...and doing research for that novel you're working on...
As my father used to say, "Come. Sit a spell."
