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If you're looking for
Pure Country-this is it
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1-800-750-4712 |
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Make REAL Cornbread in my cast-iron skillet-Heres it and other old-timey RECIPES! |
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Pure Country; Sharon's Cabin In The Woods |
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ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR SUITCASE!
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- Daily Rate $125 per night, plus one-time $75 cleaning, 7th night Free, 9% FL tax
- $1,500 per month, plus tax, available for those needing to stay a bit longer.
- 2 Bedroom, 2 bath on 1 acre, butted against Osceola National Forest, huge great room, fireplace and a forest view, what more do you need?
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- All Dishes Provided
- Microwave, Coffee Pot (Mr. Coffee)
- Queen bed, Trundle Twin, with Twin Underneath and Toddler Bed
- Bed and Bath Linens Provided
- Smoke FREE (Smoking allowed outside only)
- Pets Allowed, with Deposit (Deposit Waiver Available)
- Horses Allowed, too. Great trails behind house to ride on.
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- Yard fully-fenced.
- Bird feeding station with binoculars
- Central Air and Heat
- TV, with Satelite
- DVD, VCR and Stereo
- High-speed Wireless Internet
- Fireplace, with cut wood and starter supplies provided.
- Games, checks and puzzles .
- Marked ATV Trails closeby
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November 2005, Vacation
Odyssey ~ Soaking up the sun at my cabin in the woods. |
Snuggled deep in the Osceola Forest amongst the
Ponderosa Pines, about ten miles east of Lake City, Florida, sits
Sharon's Cabin In The Woods.
This 2 bedroom, 2 bath cedar cabin comes fully
furnished, including; all furniture, kitchen pots, pans, dishes,
linens, sheets, towels. All you need to bring is your clothes. |
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see enlargement
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House from road |
Close-up of
house |
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Main bedroom |
Small bedroom
at front of house |
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Kitchen /
Dining |
Back door
(Main Entry) |
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Living area,
with fireplace: On cool winter evenings, there's wood waiting to start
a fire in our huge fireplace.. |
Living area |
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Reading
corner: I'm an early riser. I love sitting here in the morning and
watching the sun rise through the pine forest. |
Sunrise, Deer and Rabbits:
Deer frequently walk along our fence, often hopping right
over to sample our blueberries and other garden delicacies. |
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Backyard:
Simply walk about 100 yards through the woods behind the house to go
fishing. We have cane poles for you to use. |
Back door, but
main entry |
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This is the gate to the pond, just follow it to the left and then take first right to get to pond. |
This is the path you follow to the pond. On cold days, look for the steam rising. |
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The pond |
Be sure to watch for snakes and gators. You almost never see them, but remember you are in a natural forest. |
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Sunset on the pond. See the moon. |
Artistic scene. |
Cabin Layout
This end of the house faces the road, but the best
entry is the sliding glass doors at back of house, which bring you into
the living/kitchen area.
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It also comes 32 inch TV with satellite TV
service, stereo, dvd player and phone for local calls only.
It has sleeping accommodations for up to 4 people,
with 1 queen bed, and 1 trundle bed (A trundle is a twin that has a
mattress underneath that pulls out to sleep 2.)
It's located deep in what is known as Osceola
Estates, a small country community of about 45 homes that sit in a
niche that is carved out of the Osceola National Forest. See
map here.
Like to ATV? Bring your quads and go 4-wheeling in the forest behind the cabin. Marked trailes invite you along Osceola trails for lots of family fun.
Like to fish? It sits within minutes of
several lakes that are great for fishing. Like to hike, bird-watch,
or just explore the forest?
Historical trails wind all through the forest
right behind the cabin. Ocean Pond is minutes away, a great place for
swimming, skiing and fishing.
Olustee Battlefield, where one of the most renown
battles of the Civil War is also minutes away and offers a well known
reenactment every February that people come from all over for.
From my reading corner, have coffee, watch the
sunrise and watch for regular visitors from the forest, including deer,
rabbit, raccoon, hawks, egret and more.
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| A new photo from my 2007 visit to my cabin. Click to zoom. I love the goldenrod that blooms in October when I'm home, and here, the tiny honeysuckle vines. |
Sharon's
Flowers |
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in my flower beds. Problem is the deer love eating them..., but here
are some you may see, depending on when you visit. Click on images to
see enlargements. |
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| Jan-March: This is my Japanese Magnolia, which I love. CH got it for
our 30th anniversary, so it's very special to me. |
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| Spring: These are my Iris's.
Gabi and I dug a couple up from a wooded road years ago, and they've
spread since. |
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| Confederate Rose, or you'll hear local folks also call it a Cottonwood. Has huge white roses that open, the next day they are pale pink, the next dark pink. Very pretty and as you can see tall as my house. Blooms in late October, early November. |
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| When it opens |
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| My sister, Louise, showing the CR on it's second day, see behind her others in different stages. |
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Spring:
Moonflower: Beautiful and another favorite of the deer. I only saw
this one one day as it was gone the next morning. These are florescent
in the moonlight. |
Spring:Wild
Easter Lilly's: These spring up wild right around Easter in the
back yard. I love them because they evoke such wonderful memories of
when my grandmother and I would hit the woods just before Easter and
dig them up for her yard. The challenge is me getting to see them
before the deer eat them... |
Summer:
This is called Cypress fern by the local folks. It's a small
red tuber that hummingbirds just love. |
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May-July: Gardenia, my most favorite. I have 4 HUGE bushes,
which start opening about May 15th, always just in time for me to give
them to my sister-in-law for her May 20th birthday. Their smell in the
forest is unequaled. |
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Okay, so I guess it's
not fair to show only my flowers, so here is CH's blueberry bush...
Again, it's a struggle with the deer. When living there full-time, we
kept an electric fence, but that didn't even help.
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Huge Oak in front yard |
Picnic Table |
Ginger Lilies. These smell sweet as gardenias and bloom in October-November. |
Fuzzy photo, deer in yard |
Sunrise through the forest |
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For questions, call me at 1-800-750-4712 or
or e-mail me at Sharon Romine
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