_{As I have mentioned, being in lockdown offered Mike and I the opportunity to revisit our ideas for our next home and we came to the conclusion that although we fell immediately in love with Northern Michigan, it would be for a summer home as the winters are long and snowy!}

_{Fredericksburg, Texas became an area of interest to us to potentially purchase a plot of land where we could build a home and have space to accommodate a separate building to house the motorhome, have guest quarters and what they call here a “shop” (aka garage with air-conditioning) where Michael can potter to his heart’s content.}

_{We like Texas and it has been a very good state for us. We want to get away from any tail-end issues with hurricanes and from the very hot summers. That said, here we are on July 1st, and because of the pandemic, we remain in Texas and are getting used to the intense heat, something which we have been absent from since we bought the motorhome.}

_{All this leads to a development called Hidden Springs some ten-minutes’ drive from Fredericksburg. Set on some 750 acres of rolling countryside, there are going to be 109 homes each on a minimum of five acres. The development will, most unusually, have a 30-acre fenced farm in the middle where they are now planting peach and apricots trees, vines and eventually vegetables.} 

 _{We shall see where all this leads …}

Hidden Springs: keeping six feet apart is a lot easier in this environment.