It’s a gorgeous fall day here in Maryland, so I decided to take a walk through the woods somewhere. I could have piled in the car and driven an hour or so to reach a park with hiking trails, but instead I just took the woodland path that starts at the end of my garden.
See, my little house and garden are part of a deep wooded valley with a creek running along the bottom, at least during and after rains. Over the years the 30 or so neighbors who share this slice of heaven have cleaned out the old refrigerators and built a few bridges over the creek. Kids and their dads have created forts and play areas. There’s finally a critical mass of neighbors who care about this little ecosystem, and we’ve almost liberated all the trees from their invasive vines. There’s a lot more to do on that score but with enough organized workdays, it’ll happen.
Now some of you have posted lovely photos of not only natural views from your homes but from even your office windows, and I’ve been jealous as hell. But if you’ll allow me some bragging rights of my own, this woodland paradise is waay inside the beltway and only 12 minutes by subway from Capitol Hill, which makes living in a large metropolis just about okay with me.
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Yes. I can see why you would be okay with that. What an amazing vista. Great to see your brag files.
Wow, what a prime location! I figured you must live way out of the city. Now I’m really jealous. AFAIK, we don’t have anything remotely like that in Houston, for any amount of money. Congratulations on keeping the reigns on your neighborhood. It’s so easy for that to get out of control and overdeveloped.
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