A Day of Mixed Emotions

Andrews Lane in Northwest Georgia's McLemore Cove.

Lookout Mountain in the background. The house in the

distance is the Andrews-Guthrie House, built in the 1890s.

(Olympus OM-D E-M5, Panasonic 14-140mm II f3.5-5.6 lens)

 

Yesterday was a day of greatly mixed emotions. We signed a contract with a realtor to put our house and property on the market. It gave me a weird feeling of finality.

In the early1980s we began thinking about a place in the country. In 1985, we found and purchased 30 acres in North Georgia's Mc:Lemore Cove, an enclosed valley between Lookout (home of Rock City, remember?) and Pigeon Mountains. In 1987, we put our home in a subdivision near Chattanooga on the market. We soon had a buyer and moved to a 12x40 foot mobile home on our property in the Cove -- temporarily, we thought.

But the sale of our home fell through. And since that represented the money we needed to build, we were stuck in our 500 square foot "tiny home." And as usual, we were too far ahead of the times to receive the recognition due us as trend-setters. But don't feel sorry for us -- my wife and I agree that those were the best years of our life together.

Our old house finally sold in 1993 and we were able to begin building. We moved into our new home in February, 1994. It has been a great place to live, but now has become a little more than we want to maintain. So on the block it goes.

What's in the future? Well, nobody knows the future but we've priced the property high enough that it may not sell. If it doesn't, we'll continue to live here and find ways to deal with the maintenance. If it does sell, maybe a bigger truck and fifth-wheel trailer or a motor home and some extensive travel. My wife and I are both up for whatever adventures life brings.

But you don't close a 35-year chapter of your life without some pangs.

 

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(Photograph copyright David B. Jenkins 2020)

Soli Gloria Deo

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