Sunrise at the GBH

The GBH, what's the GBH???

(picture not actual; Wildlife calls

Photo by Maxime Riendeau on Fivehundredpx) 

On February 22, 2016 Sep called our realtor down in Richmond, Indiana to put an offer on a house we had seen and fallen in love with.  The home had everything we had hoped for with the exception of one thing....acres.  The home came with 5 acres, but in our perfect dream we had hoped for some acres to roam and hunt and plant and live.  

Sep explained to Rob that we would put an offer in, unless he had heard of any acreage that had come onto the market since we had talked a week or so ago.  Rob told Sep he planned on calling him that day.  Just the night before he had sat down with a family in Northeastern School District about helping them sell their Dad's estate, 40 acres.  As if 40 acres wasn't enough, the Whitewater river runs through the back 10 acres of woods on the property, there is 20 acres of rolling hills, and the existing house and another 10 acres of woods in the front of the property.  And, the house was surrounded on three sides by a babbling brook.  (Is that the same as a creek?  Babbling brook sounds much more picturesque).  

February 23rd, Sep went and visited the home and was sold.  He was so excited, I knew this was the one.  So, the following weekend, the first week of March the boys, Mom, Sep and I went to check it out for ourselves.

The land was dreamy.  We were so excited!  Mom, Sep, the boys and I walked to the back of the property with our fabulous realtor Rob.  What a trooper!  While we walked on our walk to the back Mom noticed what she thought was an eagle's nest in the top of a sycamore tree.  Sep and Rob thought she was crazy!  The closer got to the river at the back 10, the more nests we saw! 

Toby took off on a run to check it out.  "27!", he hollered!  

Mom and I responded with, "27 WHAT?" 

He says, "27 Eagle Nests!!" 

OH MY GOOD NIGHT!  It perked the interest of all of us now.  They were NOT 27 eagle nests, they were 27 Great Blue Heron nests!!!  (And, boy did they think Snoopy was dreamy!  He ran tail between legs to Mom for cover!)  Ha ha

So now, we refer to our new land and home as The GBH.  Isn't that fun.  And of course I'm running with it.  I've been looking for weather vanes in the shape of Great Blue Herons, paintings of herons, color schemes of the blue herons.  How fun!!!    Except those colors don't match the colors I currently decorate with.....Can someone call Chip and Joanna Gaines and have them join us for the intense 3 week remodel of the home?!?!?  

Sep and I had to come down to Ohio Sunday afternoon for some business at The Foundry, another quick meeting with the ATF for Ram Rod Gun Shop and for me to stop and meet and greet with the Dow Chemical folks at the West Alexandria, OH site.  Good visits overall for all three of those items.

But this morning, this morning...we drove to the GBH :) for an peek at the early morning look and surroundings.  

Our site to build a home in the next couple years...isn't that pretty?!  You can't see the nests from this view, but they are down there just past the tree line.  

And, the beautiful sounds in the morning at the GBH.  :)  We are looking forward to our new adventure!