My house from the air

[Boondox]

View of the house from the west, along with garage and part of the meadow. Today's storm has blown virtually all the leaves off the trees, but the sheep are still enjoying good graze. Sure hope for decent weather on Friday when our TBN friends arrive!

Pete

 

[millsnhills]

Pete,

You have a post card in waiting... Beautiful spred...

How did you come by the picutre by air.

Jeff

 

[RobS]

c'mon Pete, fess up... you clipped that photo out of some award winning picture site didn't you /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Hey, we all know better. Fantastic looking place you've got there. I only wish I could join you on Friday /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[LWFrisk]

We got our home when we saw this air photo in the local House Trader magazine. Came looking out of curosity to find the owner was ill and wanted to move back east to his kids. We got the house for what was owed at the time, about one third of the asking price in '96. The value has trippled since then. I wish we had your trees. We removed the decorative rock and replaced it with sod and have planted several new trees.

Your home really does look like it belongs on a post card.

Leo in San Diego

 

[Boondox]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How did you come by the picutre by air )</font>

Thanks, guys!

In addition to my other duties at work, I have become the unofficial company photographer. So when we needed some aerial shots of the plant for a proposed expansion permit, the unofficial company pilot invited me along. And since my land is between the plant and the airport...

Sure was a rough ride, though! The turbulence that low had my head banging off the canopy! And even at 1/2000th shutter speed, many of the images were blurry!

Pete

 

[Egon]

Hills, colour, trees, grass, privacy. Tis a nice place.

Now for the rocking chair picture where you enjoy a fresh lemonade, smell the country and relax.

Egon

 

[frank_f15]

very very nice pic. the colors seem to be a lot more vibrant than on the trees down here. a very non colorful fall(compared to ususal) very good shot, how high were u(would imagine quite low) and how did u stop it from blurring?

 

[Boondox]

Frank -- we were at about 500' being buffeted pretty badly. With a storm coming in the turbulence off the hills was tooth-rattling! I set the shutter speed at 1/2000 to compensate, but even so about a third of my shots were blurry.

The pilot is very good. His plane is heavily reinforced for aerobatics (struts and braces all over the place), and for this shot he managed to slide sideways for a few seconds. If I hadn't been exposed to that kind of flight in the Marine Corps there would have been a big pucker factor involved! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I think he likes flying with me because I don't complain or throw up in his back seat. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Pete

 

[bebster]

Looks like you've got a green metal roof. How do you like it? (I'm considering roofing options for a new house)

 

[Boondox]

Nope, just ordinary asphalt shingles in an unusual greenish hue...or maybe they molded!
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Pete