Aerial Photos

When we first discovered our property for sale, a real estate agent sent us an aerial picture of the property with the property lines superimposed.

Last year, we discovered that Bing had a more recent aerial picture of the property that showed some of the changes we had made. This picture must have been taken sometime fall, 2010. It includes:

1) the vineyard to the left of the driveway between the forest and the pine grove

2) the garden beds to the right of the driveway between the forest and the spruces

3) the white shed north of the garden just inside the wood line

4) the clearing in the woods right at the top of the picture as Mickey began to make way for our home

Well, we were quite thrilled today to discover that Google Maps updated their aerial photo sometime this fall! Actually, I (Sarah) remember the day because the neighbor's horse shed (the purple roof just to the right of the driveway at the bottom of the photo) only spent a day at the bottom of the pen before it was moved to its current location elsewhere in the horse pasture. This was early October 2011.

This picture shows the orchard to the left of the driveway and the pasture fence to the left of the orchard. You can also see the sheep and goat - the white critters in the bottom left corner of the pen. As for the white critter just below the fence, this was also the day the ewe escaped from the pen.

The north part of the photo shows the cabin roofed and partially shingled, the back yard in progress, the new garden beds (the brown rectangles at the bottom center of the picture), and the birds in their pen (the white blobs in the oval towards the bottom right of the picture).

So while it is relatively disconcerting that such high-resolution pictures are available for the world to see (thanks, Big Brother), we are enjoying seeing our home from the air!