This View, That View

Now that the Wimberley House is somewhat usable, and our downsizing in Houston to a high-rise apartment is nearly done, we've got quite a "compare and contrast" thing going. Both have very nice but very different views, from very nice but very different balconies. So far this arrangement is going beautifully, with each place creating an appreciation of some features of the other. I can't help but remember that damned jingle from the old TV show Green Acres, pointing out the advantages of farm living and city life...

Seems to me that one of the biggest differences is a sort of self-sufficiency to dependency ratio, represented by the equation: (P x T) /1+D, where P = the number of projects needing to be done, T = number of tools in the house, and D = the number of Starbucks within ten miles. The Houston apartment gets about a "2", and the Wimberley house gets a number close to infinity.

Wimberley wins for peace and solitude, natural beauty, wild animals, clean air, wind chimes, our babbling creek, easy-going neighbors, and The Corral Theater (an open-air movie theater). Houston wins for convenience to the yoga studio, Starbucks, and of course, my job, which makes the Wimberley house possible. Houston also gets some credit for making the Wimberley experience a stark contrast to our norm, making it a true getaway to feed the soul.