Weeds & Seeds Swap

My daughter and her husband are house hunting, they have been looking for a few weekends now on their days off from work. The market is wonderful now, especially for first time buyers like themselves, and with the $8000 tax credit that is available until the end of November. I am able to view all the houses she looks at online as she sends me links, something that wasn’t available when we purchased our home.

Her search for a home has made me look back on why we chose the place that we live. We chose our home based on the beauty that surrounds it more than the house itself, that has had it’s good points and some that aren’t so good…but I suppose that any homeowner could say the same thing for one reason or another. Still, when you are shopping for a home, it is important to have an honest real estate agent, and to do a lot of your own research, the internet has opened that ability up tremendously since our home purchase 26 years ago.

We sometimes think about moving, and wonder where we would go if we did. There are so many different States in the US with good things about them, it is hard to chose, but for me there would have to be some natural beauty around me or near me. I visited a missouri real estate site, for example, and that lead me to do a search on what might be in the area. Are there parks? Any woodlands around…I would be lost without my trees. If I still had young ones, I’d be considering the schools in the area, and the job market if you are not retired. There is so much to consider, and it is good to have websites like the one mentioned to help in the search.

Missouri does have some beautiful gardens, by the way, here is a picture that was taken in Branson, Missouri, by “mgsimm” of webshots that makes me think of the season that we are in right now, fall, with all the beautiful Mums blooming…in fact I am off to buy some for our property today or tomorrow.