My Abode
My Domicile, My House - where I live. If you see where I live, you might understand why I am the way I am.
(left)The Joshua trees guard my front door
in this
view from the East, with the new porch going up, the trees just add
to the symetry.
The picture below is what it
used to look like, just after construction on the home was completed This view is from the
southwest to the east.Click this photo to see a page of newer photos. Watch out! there are many photos and it could load slowly.
The front of my house as seen from theEast, (left) and west (above).The picture on the left is newer. The one on the right is from Aug 04. Click on each for different views.
It is a cul-de-sac, and I live in the middle plot on the east side. The lot is 2.5 acres allowing for plenty of room for Koi ponds, fruit trees a greenhouse and a garden. There is a 180 ft driveway to the garage.
(Left)The wrap-around porch will be finished
soon. (Right) The wind break and privacy wall between the house and the
garage
Click on the pictures above for other views.
A 14000 gallon Koi pond with a 5 foot waterfall is planned - surrounded by plants, all as yet to be constructed. Due to budget shortfalls the pond may have to wait for a year. or two. It would probably become a dog swimming hole anyhow. Trees and landscaping have begun. Fast growth trees usually require a lot of water.
Early August '04,
I originally contracted with Victor Valley
Fabrication to build a steel wrap-around patio cover, but they
flaked out and never started the job. I should have
insisted on a contract. In the various new pictures here you can see that
we are installing our own aluminum wrap-around patio cover, it is late
October 06. In the picture to the left, August 04, the house and
detached garage have just been completed, in fact the next day, the
County gave its FINAL inspection approval. After months of waiting - 5
extra months - we get to move in. Look below and you get a
clue that I have planted about 35-40 different
trees, a drought-tolerant ground cover will grow some day, but
for now, what came naturally is sufficient.
October 06. Looking East from the West end of the house, see the rock waterfall and the patio cover and many, many trees.
Looking North from the West end of the house. Old view on the right, new on the left Although the camera was in a different location, the 2 views aboe cover the same area of the house and yad, almost. It's hard to tell because all of the new plants and trees block some of the view.