Tuesday 4 ~ Home Sweet Home

 Home Sweet Home

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where each week we ask you to consider 4 questions on various subjects. The goal is to get you thinking, considering, talking and getting to know yourself and other bloggers. 

Be it ever so humble there is no place like home . 

Let's talk about homes okay? 

I thought I would join in for the first time because I love the theme of Home Sweet Home. 

1. In some places people name their homes or properties. What would you name your home and why? If you would not name it, why wouldn't you? 

We refer to our home as Twin Cedars. A beautiful reminder of resilience and growth. This Incense Cedar, lovingly planted by my dad when they were just little twigs, grew into two majestic trunks - thus a twin cedar. 

Here are some photos from the last couple of years...

 Throughout the years...

(Turkeys on the other side of the fence) 

The Twin Cedars are clearly the centerpiece of our yard. It has transformed into a vibrant habitat, attracting the lively chatter of woodpeckers and other birds as well and more recently the loud majestic presence of ravens.

 2. Are you more of a romantic or a pragmatist when it comes to your home or apartment's decor and color? 

I'm a pragmatist - I have a practical approach to things. I prefer a simple style and try to remove unnecessary items to avoid clutter. I enjoy a clean and organized appearance.

3. Do you have enough room in your home? Storage space, kitchen cabinets? What would you add or subtract from your home? 

I'd be concerned that if I had more storage space, I might start keeping things again that I worked hard to throw away! I could really use some better ways to keep my things organized. Other than that, I'm happy with my home.

4. Is your place really home sweet home ? Would it be hard to leave it ? Are you firmly rooted in your abode or would you move if a better opportunity came your way? 

This place is truly special to me, and leaving would be really tough because of all the memories here. Although I didn’t grow up in this house, my parents chose it as their final retirement home, and they both passed away here. My dad planted trees that still give us cool shade in the summer and beautiful colors in the fall. My mom's roses bloom every year, and we love spending time on the covered patio just outside our back door - where there's also a lovely waterfall and pond that my dad created. For the past 17 years, this has been my home. About two years after moving here,  both of my sons followed from our hometown in the Bay Area. One lives just a couple of miles away, and the other is about six miles from me. 

I'm as deeply rooted as God will allow!