<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>~ Calliope's Home ~</strong></span></span></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">(writing credit for this post goes to Crash! Placing their lovely description here so visitors can know at a glance a little more of Cal's pastoral place of respite!)</span></div><br/><div align="center">---</div><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f2/05EB65BE-B9B8-47CB-B864-A29DB826A39E.jpeg)</div><br/>The Applebaum farm can’t really be called a farm anymore.  The old farmhouse and barn are still there and have stood for generations, but not without effort and care.  The small plot of land backs up to old growth woodlands, the same trees great-grandpa Applebaum used to build the house and barn and a pond large enough to fish in.<br/><br/>Calliope’s father let the fields go as he grew older. They have been overtaken by natural grasses and wildflowers. Their potential locked away and waiting to be re-discovered.  Only a small well-tended vegetable garden remains of the old farm.  A brook babbles along the west side of the property and old farming equipment dots the landscape, a memorial to what the land used to be.  Chickens and geese still wander the yard, scattering at the sounds of a cranking engine or the woof of Sawyer, Calliope’s floppy eared old coonhound.<br/><br/>The Applebaum house is two stories but not very large.  Its rooms are small and best described as cozy.  Were the farm restored to its former glory it could be expanded on, but there isn’t much need with it being just Calliope and her father.  A small porch out front holds two chairs and a small end table for afternoon breaks and the occasional nap.<br/><br/>The old barn is larger than the house and filled with Calliope’s latest projects.  There is a loft she has converted into a comfortable nook for when she works late and doesn’t want to risk waking her dad or on those pleasantly warm summer nights when she just wants to sleep closer to nature.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">GM Tracker</div><div class="spoiler_body">nothing yet!<br/></div></div>