My favourite place to sit in my home is on the balcony of one of our 17 bedrooms ... It's in the west wing. It's a 10 feet long, 6 feet deep balcony, and it faces west, but you can look south too from the balcony (as it's 6 feet deep...)
I love to watch the sunsets over the sea, and look at the woodlands, and the fields, and the lakes, as far as the eye can see across our 155 acres of land.
It's so amazing and precious and magical to see the ever-changing seasons, the roaring sea when it's stormy, the beautiful landscape across our vast land, the stunning rainbows, and the beautiful cumulus-cloud filled skies. It's a spectacular sight to see when the land is covered in sweet, gentle, unspoilt snow.
I love to see the deer running merrily across our land, our horses gently galloping around the fields, and the birds flying across the sky singing at the top of their sweet voices. I can hear the sweet and delicate voices of the children laughing and singing, over yonder in the north wing, and I'm not going to lie, it brings a tear to my eye.
I have sat on this balcony in room 17 looking at the roaring sea, breathing in the sweet Spring air, listening to the birds singing sweetly, with the children laughing heartily, and I have fallen to my knees and wept. Wept with how beautiful at all is, and how I am blessed. My heart is so full of love, and I am actually shaking writing this, and a tear is gently rolling down my soft cheek.