Oh Ursula, that is a gorgeous place!!
All those real trees and real woods!
The whole thing reminds me of when I lived in New York.
I love the misty first picture the best. Do you ever swim in the pond? When we lived in NY the people across the street (who had the bat in the non-movable window I previously mentioned) had a pond we kids would swim in...and when we got out we had to check eachother for leeches, only ever had one on us though.
Never realized that's what turtle tracks look like...very cool!