My new home

I spent a weekend looking at places to live — from “tenant” houses on farms to barn apartments to historic houses in small towns. I must have driven a few hundred miles and looked at more than a dozen places. After all those miles, the place I found is just 5 minutes down the road from Nikki’s — on the same road — and less than 10 minutes from Middleburg (epicenter of Virginia horse country).

My new digs are an apartment over a (currently unoccupied) barn on a small private farm. The place is quite new and very clean (particularly relative to some of the places I saw). It has one bedroom and an open concept kitchen/dining room/living room. There is a fireplace (!) and tons of windows. The best part: my new landlord was fine with all my critters — a big concern of mine now that I am a renter. 

The great news is that he has no interest in putting horses in the barn, so it is mine when/if I want it. I’m really hoping Winnie — the grey horse I rode in the spring — is available as a “free lease”. There are miles of hunt trails behind the farm so it is possible to ride for hours.

I will probably wait a little while before moving a horse into the barn, but it is very exciting to have a horse at home as a possibility.