In the fall of the year my favorite place to be is at my cottage by the lake. I enjoy relaxing in my favorite lounging chair, admiring the extraordinary colors of the leaves. The smell of fresh flowers and pine trees are in perfect harmony with birds singing and the unmistakable cry of a loon.

As the sun goes down and the moon comes out, I feel happy and content to be in my favorite place, listening to all the sounds that Nature brings.

In a country setting with an old country church nearby sits my dream home. It is shaped like the gingerbread house in the story of Hansel and Gretel, excluding the basement and the upstairs.

On the outside it has a pitched roof which is red. The windows are shaped like hearts, with shutters that resemble white icing that you could put on a cake. There are window boxes filled with lots of different flowers like sprinkles on a cake.

Inside of the house there are three bedrooms, each with its own theme. My daughter’s room is a relaxing blue. An energetic and helpful Spiderman is Thomas’s hero.

With conservation, laughter and whispering imagination, the singing birds, and ocean waves surround my dream home.