A deck is much more than an outdoor living space attached your home. It is the platform from which a mother can safely observe a child at play in the backyard, or a "cage" in which a newly bathed dog can be penned in to dry in the sun. It is a place for grilling up a barbecue masterpiece or simply drinking a morning coffee while listening to the birds sing.
On my deck I have enjoyed the shade of a large tree that grows up next to it. Under its branches I have sat with my children eating countless hamburgers and talking about all the stuff that fills the mind of a teenager. My kids have had "school" on our deck when the weather was just too irresistible to be inside another minute.On that deck I have prayed for their safety while they were out with friends, or for their hearts when they got a little off course.
When I was in the market to buy this house, I fell in love with the privacy and view from the back deck. With hundreds of feet of trees in my backyard (about 700 feet or so to the house behind) and a source of water in the creek that runs between, I have often been rewarded with a family of deer making its way through the yard. If I sit really still and quiet I can watch the squirrels chase each other across the railing, or have a neighborhood cat come to visit (and chase the squirrels).
Yes, it's corny... but this deck is more than just a deck. It's a place where some memories could not be built anywhere else.
When I was in the market to buy this house, I fell in love with the privacy and view from the back deck. With hundreds of feet of trees in my backyard (about 700 feet or so to the house behind) and a source of water in the creek that runs between, I have often been rewarded with a family of deer making its way through the yard. If I sit really still and quiet I can watch the squirrels chase each other across the railing, or have a neighborhood cat come to visit (and chase the squirrels).
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