Remember when I showed you these pictures last year? (Click HERE for that post)
I said back then:
"They are doing road construction in the little town that we are planning to move to, and someone decided they wanted to save this old house rather that have it demolished to make way for the new road. I don't know where it is headed, but would love to see it when it is relocated to its new "home".
Well, mystery solved!! Hubby and I were out for a little ride, headed for our morning walking place, and we discovered the new location of this old house!
It's actually not too far away from its previous location, and not too far away from our church.
This lot actually faces a little lake, so I can imagine it will be lovely when it is finished.
However, I don't guess any of us will be able to live there as it is a restoration project of the Florida Dept. of Transportation...so we shall see what it becomes. It is a residential area, so I don't know that it will be something that will be open to the public...but, well, I guess there is still a mystery! We will just have to wait and see!
1....Freeborn-Stock-Whittier House
"This house was built for Mr. Freeborn, the cashier of the first Interlachen Bank, which existed in Interlachen from 1890 until 1896. In 1905, he sold the home to Joseph W. Stock, a teacher and, for many years, the principal of the local school. Mr. Stock left the home to his son, Joseph C. Stock, who also was a teacher as well as a farmer. He raised his four sons there with his wife, Priscilla. The home left the Stock family for the first time in 95 years upon the death of Mrs. and then Mr. Stock. It is now the home of Frances Whittier who has restored it to its former beauty.
The back yard originally extended north to Lake Chipco, until SR 20 was built. Mrs. Whittier is trying to keep the old fashioned character of the homes along SR 20 by opposing the plans to widen SR 20 through Interlachen to four lanes of traffic."
Sadly, Mrs. Whittier did not win her battle to keep SR 20 from widening through Interlachen to four lanes of traffic, and hence, that is why this house has been moved. It's new location is still on Lake Chipco, but across the highway, which is across from where the house was originally and a little further west. I don't know if Mrs. Whittier is still living. I will keep researching to find out what the plans are for this house now that the state has undertaken this restoration project. I'll keep you posted !
Speaking of our morning walk...we had a little companion hop along beside us:
Can you see him?
Here's a better view! I almost stepped on him when I got out of the car! So glad I didn't...that would have been freaky!!
I just thought this dead tree with flowers growing around it was interesting...
Back home again...and look at this handsome great blue heron in our pond! I'll bet he's finding some good breakfast in there...
We had some foggy mornings this week...so here are some foggy reflections on the pond:
Well, not exactly a reflection...But our resident hawk was making his presence known up in this tree in the mist...
And then he flew across the pond and landed way up in the tip top of a very tall pine tree. I could still hear him calling...
I love to see a foggy morning on the pond. The only drawback here is the sun comes up behind us, so we don't get to see the sunrise through the fog...
But it is still beautiful in a mysterious dreamy sort of way...
This is what autumn mornings look like in our neck of the woods...
Fresh new fern growing in the damp earth along the pond... (blurry due to the fog)
Speaking of mystery...they say the "night has a thousand eyes"...
And a thousand eyes can't help but see... actually these are the lights across the pond at night, and some are also reflections on the pond...but this is the best I can get...it was actually much prettier than this...
So now we come to this evening...and what a gorgeous sunset it was on the pond tonight...
This big cloud looks like it has many arms or legs and is creeping up on us..
Here it comes....
I must be in a spooky mood since tomorrow is Halloween! Ha Ha! But doesn't this look like something hovering over us? However, I believe it is something very beautiful...another of God's amazing masterpieces in the sky...
And as we calm down and enjoy the beauty of the moment, we are at peace for another night.
No mystery here...
"Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge."
Psalm 46:8-11
