Advantage: a beautiful green lawn to look at that I don't have to take care of in the summer.
Disadvantage: Not a lot of trees, just a couple here and there dot the course, so unlike our house in Bellevue that was surrounded by Douglas Fir, Cedar, Sequoia and large leaf Maple.
Advantage: Lots of sun
Disadvantage: Not much shade
Advantage: Lots of wildlife that think someone planted a meadow just for them
Disadvantage: Lots of wildlife poop on that meadow planted just for them
Advantage: A babbling creek runs through it
Disadvantage: The babbling waterfowl that inhabit the creek wake me up every morning
Advantage: A groomed cross-country ski course right in my back yard in the winter
Disadvantage: Strangers in my backyard using said cross-country ski course
Advantage: No fences are allowed to block the view of the course
Disadvantage: No fences allowed- hence the poop and the strangers
Advantage: lots of wayward golf balls find their way into our yard- we are accumulating quite a collection
Disadvantage: lots of wayward golf balls- we are just waiting for that first window to be broken!
Advantage: I have a new hobby- collecting golf balls!!
On most Sunday evenings after dinner Chuck and I stroll the golf course and have gotten in the habit of picking up stray balls we come across. One thing led to another and we no longer just pick up the balls we stumble across, but are actively seeking them out. In every nook and cranny and stream bed.
And because so many of the balls are in the stream bed I went to the Dollar Store and got me a $1 butterfly net to help me snag them. Between that and my waterproof dog walking boots, nothing is safe from my reach!
Two weeks ago between Chuck and I we collected 27 balls on one outing. This Sunday we collected 45. I wonder if I could sell these back to the course as range balls?
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