....In love at first sight? We had already seen some very pretty properties for sale down in Madison County. We would gasp at the views from high hillsides with falling streams that looked down over red-barn farms in the valley. We saw properties in Herkimer that stood on windswept hills with views to the cardinal horizons. But once we set foot in Fulton County, on an old neglected piece of farmland, we knew it was the one. The running stream with many tiny fish disappeared into a low field with old broken apple trees. The scrubby forest hugged its front pasture shielding it from the westward winds. Twanging toads hid near the pond jumping and splashing into the dark water when we came near. The old forest covering more than half the acreage had little underbrush and tall straight trees with a high green canopy. It felt cozy, safe. It would be our home some day.
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