July 2007: Bye Bye, House!

July 15th, we bid our house goodbye!

M lived in this house for 6 years and 1 month. In the last 1 year, we spent our life together in this house after we got married.

We loved spending time on the deck in the wooded backyard;
In late spring, we liked to sit in the sun near the edge of the deck, doing whatever.
In early summer, we liked to sit in the shade, grilling, eating and drinking away.

Another of our favorite (Gus would agree to this) is the sliding door;
In the winter, Gus will spend all day staring through the glass door watching for signs of other critters. Any slight movements of any sort would not escape his eyes. He would normally growl so ferociously when he sighted any intruders.

I hope the birds in the backyard woods will miss us. M is always very generous about feeding the birds in the winter - we had 3 bird feeders! However, I think the squirrels would miss him more since they are so notorious about stealing birds' feed. In the summer, we normally feed the hummingbirds by the daylilies.

We will miss our yard, back deck, trees, cardinals, squirrels and chipmunks when we move into the little teenie weenie townhome.

At the same time, according to CY's-oh-so-optimistic-mom, "The new thing won't come if the old thing does not go".

I promise you, we are up to something!

Below pictures:
(left) Loading the little red truck to be sent to M's dad for repair.
(right) messy townhome!