#ooc

Utterly secluded, be still my heart

OH man.. in my head the DeBukes just snorted "oh a FARM is it?"

love the stone walls

bahaha

"Ain't even got a single chicken."

....Marigold might have chickens 😄

yes!

"I don't see crops worth counting"

If so, Calanthe would turn up her nose. "Yes, yes, the fresh eggs are vital, but do we have to... see them? This is supposed to be an ESTATE, not a... " (wrinkled nose) BARN.

It's like how some rich folks talk about going to 'the cabin' for the weekend and the Cabin is like 6 rooms with a pool 🙂

ahahaha

yes

Calanthe strikes me as wanting glass and sleek lines

maybe a penthouse

Animals, much like children and servants, should be useful and otherwise invisible

Nadeen worries she's been TOO influenced by the Lodge

Her hawks, of course, are different. They are works of art!

I think Aiden definitely has a touch of hunting lodge mixed in with grand estate

Oh.. this is begging for nocker touches

MMmmmmm

Some of that just screams 'steampunk me'

Ooooo

nice!

bonus if we can watch Jaws

gonna need a bigger boat...

HA

Wow, it's kinda amazing how DAMN FAST we've gotten used to traveling

was looking at a lake that's about a 14 min drive away

That's like - FAR

14 min with traffic?

cities have very different metrics of distance

about 7 miles, but apparently a comfortable pace for a horse is like, ~30 miles a day or less

yes

and that's a long day

True

I might just fudge some things. There's surely at least a nice POND to ride over to on one of these trails

oh yes

If not, eh (snaps fingers) one's being installed 😄

Calanthe would be happier in a major city with the top 2 floors of a sky scrapper turned into her private ayrie!

Shoos her off 🙂

ahaha

He could easily put her up for city life. I believe he likely has, along with financing travels

But now she's back and ready to nitpick and nettle at his comfortable hermitude

But she wants the barony

le gasp

Money is great, but you can't really BUY a freehold