And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A stunning but slightly unnerving setting with a sturdy home...neat and tidy with an amazing view. I do like the fence line in the background but would still have to keep an eye on the kiddos.
There appears to be some sort of line on the roof. It looks to be about six feet long. It runs from about near the upstairs window, down to right above the entry door. Did the house, "settle" after a while? So that they had to fix the roof?
I saved the image, opened it back up, and used the zoom function, but I cannot tell. It does not appear to have anything to do with that white vertical pipe (downspout?) that is near the entry door.
A stunning but slightly unnerving setting with a sturdy home...neat and tidy with an amazing view. I do like the fence line in the background but would still have to keep an eye on the kiddos.
ReplyDeleteMust have been fun driving THOSE fenceposts!
Deletealllll the way down...
DeleteMust be an expensive place to live.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what they do for a living? Sheep maybe...
ReplyDeleteThere appears to be some sort of line on the roof. It looks to be about six feet long. It runs from about near the upstairs window, down to right above the entry door. Did the house, "settle" after a while? So that they had to fix the roof?
ReplyDeleteI saved the image, opened it back up, and used the zoom function, but I cannot tell. It does not appear to have anything to do with that white vertical pipe (downspout?) that is near the entry door.
Could be a tar or pitch repair?
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Thinking it is a "Water Diverter" to control some of the run-off from the dormer.
DeleteWhat is does is push that run off away from shedding over the eaves right above the doorway.
Wikipedia:
ReplyDelete"The islands are windy, cloudy, and cool throughout the year with an average of 210 rainy or snowy days per year."
Well, that explains THAT.
Only takes a week to get to a grocery store, a week back and a week to get them up to the house.
ReplyDeleteDamp.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't want to stagger home drunk after a night out! Even if there was anywhere to go to get drunk!
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