My cattle panel fence
This is going to expose me for being the spoiled brat of a consumerist that I am, but here it goes anyway: I still have an iPhone 4 and it’s RUINING MY LIFE. *throws self on ground to flail*
A rundown of my first world phone problems: It’s slow. I try to slide the bar to answer a call and it just sits there. Siri is broken; she sounds like a smoker from Boca Raton. When I use Maps for directions, there’s a delay that results in me being told to exit about five seconds too late. And the camera — you know, the 5 megapixel camera that used to feel so extravagantly advanced — is absolute crap.
So when it came time to photograph the finished product of the cedar-framed cattle panel fence I had installed, the iPhone just wouldn’t do. Nay, I say to thee. This was an occasion for a good old fashioned digital camera — just like the pioneers used.
I love my fence so much, and in a way, it’s changed my everyday life. It’s absolutely luxurious to be able to throw Foxy outside in the morning and not have to follow her; she can hunt squirrels to her heart’s content while I make my coffee. I love the fact that the entire yard is enclosed, so if I want to sit on my front porch swing (because I have a front porch swing, just like I’ve wished for my entire life), Foxy can hang around. I may not have the most up-to-date phone — but damn it, I have a fence surrounding a tiny little dream house, and that means that life is pretty extravagant.
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Well, you can always throw the phone at the squirrels, lol! I love your yard, your dog, your house, and your humor so much! I never leave the house without my vintage 2009 Nikon D-5000. Thanks for the pics. Live the dream, my friend.
Until this past weekend, I was also still rockin’ a iPhone 4, so you aren’t the only one. I love your fence! I’m glad that this is making your home feel even more perfect and adding to Foxy’s happiness.
nice fence!
I’m still rocking the Galaxy SIII, like our Founding Fathers wanted us to do.
Awesome fence Annie. Is it cedar? Sheesh it looks nice. And I love how open it is! We just inherited a fence last weekend (yes, you read that correctly…) and I’m not excited about the work involved to reassemble it, but I can’t wait to have it up.
this makes me so happy for you!
yea you do! and it’s perfect. a fenced in yard is SUCH a game changer.
This is the most beautiful fence I have ever seen.
GORGEOUS!!! xoxo
JUST like the pioneers. also, just looking at your house makes me sin. you need to move. you’re causing me to stumble. that house fine, fine!
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