Spring has sprung, the grass is "riz"
Where last year's careless driver IS! - Burma Shave signs from LONG AGO in a slower, less harried time!
Just 32 years ago when we arrived with our caravan of two pickups and one UHaul to begin our "adventure" in Strawberry CA running an Inn in the Central Sierras with a river running past, a school bus coming for the three children, and LOTS of weekend guests it WAS a slower, less harried time!! We had no cell phones, no dish TV, people took TWO WEEK vacations. The local cabin owners used their cabin in the mountains at least once a month, even in the winter!! The locals would NEVER have considered driving to SONORA, 32 miles away, for thrice weekly baseball or soccer practices. We made our own entertainment, learned to find our way around our woods, threw rocks or sticks in the river, and welcomed DAD home from work in San Jose EVERY DAY.
I had a notepad that someone gave me as a joke - "When my ship comes in, I will probably be at the airport!" That was DAD's daily grind; commuting to his job in Silicon Valley. Seven years of trying to keep the Inn afloat and helping to raise three children (and countless "adult children" better known as EMPLOYEES!) When he finally gave up the "commute" after two engine failures, an in flight fire, passing a kidney stone as he began his landing sequence into San Jose, he then spent six years trying to find "his niche" in the mountains. Bartender lasted one winter, the computer science professor at Columbia College lasted nearly three years, and his own computer services company which kept him very busy for over 15 years!!
I do find it amazing that we survived the experience. But I also try not to think of it too often - makes me TIRED all over again! And at my age it takes longer to recover when you get TIRED!
BUT I am never too tired to help you find YOUR niche in our beautiful area. Zap me an email - address at the top of this post - and we will collaborate on your real estate needs. All the comforts of HOME here in Tuolumne County and nature in your back yard - we can even recommend "deer resistant" plants!! THEY LOVE ROSES - don't we all?! But deer avoid garlic, so surround your roses with garlic and spray a bit of soapy garlic water on those bushes so the aphids won't like them either!!
We have some local Master Gardeners who will happily share their expertise in all aspects of gardening from ROCKS to fountains, ground cover to ornamentals, and you will meet some great people as well! Several are members of our church in downtown Sonora - so I won't be available for Real Estate on Sunday mornings; I direct the choir!
