Living Large In Our Little House

We all have our morn­ing rit­u­als, and our cov­ered front porch allows me to engage in one of my favorites – sit­ting down with a cup of cof­fee, an actual news­pa­per, and my thoughts.
This is one of my favorite places that we built onto The Little House, as well as to the Belle Writer’s Studio.
We weren’t here when the foun­da­tion went in for The Little House and the first thing we learned about build­ing a house from 300 miles away – don’t try it. The front of The Little House is actu­ally sup­posed to be fac­ing the dri­ve­way, with the party deck fac­ing the lake below.
Instead, the cov­ered front porch is fac­ing the woods and while it is sup­posed to be the front of the house, is the last thing any­one sees when they visit.
Having spent the first morn­ing out on the cov­ered front porch enjoy­ing the view of the canopied yard was done was enough to bring me peace regard­ing its cock-eyed direction.

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