Me Likey;>.......

[mdehners]

...Royal Oaks. I have to admit, this City Boy LOVES this particular "burb". Built in the early 80's, the developer wanted to keep a "Natural" feel to the development(which was aimed then to Northerners who wanted a Winter home and Retirees that wanted at least a mild Winter) so trees were removed only from places where foundations or roadways were to be built. This gave you homes in small clumps surrounded by Oak woods. A couple of small dams on a couple creeks created small shallow lakes where kids could swim and birds could nest(catering to the Birding Community is a big business here). The oldest sections, like ours are small clumps of attached bungalows. While there is no large Wildlife here, small abounds. I have turtles, toads and frogs off my bedroom. Various bird species(the major ones in my yard are Woodpeckers and Cardinals, though there are Doves, Robins and Bluejays)and Squirrels fill the trees and just within walking distance(for me in my Walker) is one of those lakes with Cranes and Egrets fishing for those frogs. Today we had a flock of migrating Geese.
While I don't have all the conveniences that I did over at Hummingbird Home(Asian markets, Home Depot, Sam's Club), the pluses greatly outweigh the minuses....
Cheers,
Pat

Comments

[ahmik]

Sounds like a fine place to be! :)

[mdehners]

We're very happy here. I don't have the Gardening space I did before but I also don't have a frikk'n huge lawn to Mow either;>! Right now I'm repotting stuff and turning out the plants that haven't broken Dormancy to see if there's anything viable left from this Winter. Just means more space for something new;>.....
Cheers,
Pat