June 3, 2014. Ridgeland, Mississippi. Country Property.

"What were they thinking", I said to myself. The property is just north of Canton. The owner spent a fortune planting trees and bushes. The 111 acres is fenced. The driveways, which are long, are paved. He built a 40acre pond with a covered dock and a boat slip. There is a swimming pool and a covered barbecue area. The three acres surrounding the house are fenced. Trees and flowers are everywhere. And there is security. To enter the property you use a code to open the gate. A separate code opens the gate to the house area.. On the back of the property there is a large four bay shed with high doors fit for large boats. This place is fancy and seems more like a city than a country place. Then you get to the house. First we must find the key, which is under a piece of sculpture on the front porch. After all the gates and codes and the security, I laughed about the key. The husband must have designed the house after he spent all his money on the grounds. The house is small, and dark. And the furniture is too big. The wife must have purchased all the furniture without first looking at the space. The house has all the bells and whistles except for space. When the farm sells, we will buy a larger property in Mississippi. One option is to keep our condo and buy a place in the country, so we were looking at this property with Denman, the agent that Andrew had worked with earlier this year. We liked Denman, and this property could work for us, but we did wonder why the owners built such a small odd house. I feel sure that folks looking at our farm wonder why we own two large houses on the same farm. The answer I guess is that everyone makes mistakes.