BEST RETIREMENT AND RECREATIONAL PROPERTY IN THE SOUTHEAST

Our memories allow us to see past the bleakness to the possibilities; memories and FAITH in the goodness of a greater presence. These and hope sustain me when times are the toughest. In 90 days the snow changes to flowers and sun. What an inspiration! Let's continue to treasure everyday and every...

The moon was setting in the early morning.  I was out at 6:30am and saw this beautiful sight. Two of our horses were grazing contently as the huge full moon slowly sank in the western sky.  Hoping to catch another and even better shot, I was up again today to see the moon setting.  No, it was not...

We love maps and often identify an unusual feature on the topo as our goal for the day. One day we targeted a huge feature in the middle of Laurel Fork in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area near Jamestown, TN.  The only way to get there was to bicycle down Darrow Ridge, stash t...

Equestrian developments near the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area offer a range of properties for new owners and their horses, but many of them are wooded.  At Nichol Creek Farms the Lots are larger and are not wooded.  Pasture is at a premium in this area. Finding a property alr...

It is always a cat and mouse game in Real Estate.  List price - offer - counter offer - counter-counter, counter-counter-counter...and on and on.  Who will blink first. When a seller has a $$$ figure in mind based on his own interpretation of the market and the attributes of the parcel he is sell...

Realtors can sometimes get attached to (or farm) one or two favorite equestrian communities in Big South Fork country.  After all, that way you know everything about the properties, who is selling what and what sold for how much. But to serve our clients we want to offer buyers a broad range of p...

With this blog and tomorrow's sign-in I will reach my personal goal of getting to 2nd place in Fentress County's AR.  Not a huge goal, but one that I've worked hard on for about a month.  Some things have suffered - house cleaning, prompt dinners, and yes, real estate paperwork, but after tomorro...

SO to follow-up with what our farm looks like after this last heavy-for-us snowfall, here are a few shots.  Believe it or not there is a driveway in all of these photos. We had fun making a big carbon foot print in the snow with ouR 4 wheelers.  They go great and make getting around the farm a lo...

For those of you out west, where you tout the wide open spaces, I just want you to know there are some places here in the East that are wide open and unchanging as well.  Here in Fentress County and Jamestown TN, Big South Fork country, we change very little.  This is an aerial view of our farm a...

You have to do something in the winter to get away from the computer.  So my husband and I go out and take pictures.  We usually have a bunch of cats and dogs going with us and they constantly provide amusing shots.  We have had a real winter this year.  More snow than usual, so computer time is ...