On March 15 we close, with the help of our Realtor Mark McHugh on the purchase of this house. Yes I 'll be in Holland - but all the papers are signed before I Ieave. It is located at:

The entry - with plantings - and surveillance from the kitchen sink window.

The living room is suffiently large for us 2 oldfolk, and has a fireplace - the broker recommended installation of a gas (propane) insert in the fireplace - maybe someday. It has 3 bedrooms - though one which leads to the patio will become a workroom for my computers.

For the other 2 bedrooms there is a regular full bath, off the hall. The cats will reign in the laundry room, for the house came equipped with a moderate doggie door on to the patio, which they will learn to use, sparing us doorman duty.

In the backgarden there are lots of plantings, including an apple tree, with trunk protected from the deer... Raised beds host strawberry plants. And the rhubarb is up. There are roses trellised to several points.
There's a double garage, giving Carl plenty of workspace for his tools. The gardening tools are kept separately in a little side shed.

The view is overlooking Sequim, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and over the blue-house's tv antenna, Mt Baker. better in real life, and with binoculars, than with this little point-and-shoot camera. Those neighbors are from Fairbanks. everyone "lives" facing the view--- so we're looking at the back doors of the homes across the streets, rather than into their living rooms. Nice arrangement.
Should be settled in nicely by May and June.

There'll be one last flight for all 5 of us- Carl, myself, and the 3 cats - they won't speak to us for WEEK after the move! But then they'll love the place.