Summer Spiders and Summer Homes

Previously, I posted about large (and sometimes poisonous) spiders I've been seeing around the apartment complex.

Last Friday morning, I was keeping Annie company while she toured Peggy and Chris around some model homes near Windemere. On my way out, I noticed something from the corner of my eye and lo-and-behold! It was one of the gnarliest spiders I've ever seen.

In the picture below, you see my thumb next to the spider for scale.

Anyway, after I hung out for about 30-40 minutes with Peggy and Chris and Annie, I had to head off to Sebastopol for a business trip of sorts. First, I had a real estate video shoot on Friday and then I had a wedding shoot on Saturday.

Friday's real estate shoot introduced me to my favorite property of all-time. Sure, I've seen bigger and 'better' homes before, but this one struck a chord with me. I'm not sure why. I posted about the Ruby Hills homes with which I was recently struck with awe, and in another outing, I videotaped the $29,000,000.00 home in Palo Alto that belonged to an ex-CEO of AMD.

Those were all great homes, sure. My old favorite was a restored $36 million home on Jackson Street in San Francisco (pictured.) But for whatever reason, this Sebastopol home had me imagining what my life would be like if I lived there. I suppose part of the reason I was so enamored was because of its (relatively) 'affordable' price and the great value it represents. $3+ million for five acres, space for four cars, and a home theater isn't such a bad deal! Plus, it's a ranch-style home with 6300 sq/ft of sprawling stone and wooden floors. I love ranch-style homes.

You can see the website for this house by clicking HERE.

In each room there was a multimedia control panel that allows you to access some central entertainent unit. It illuminates in a cool cobalt blue when you touch the buttons. I was just commenting to Annie how, if we had this house as a summer home, during summer camp, everyone could go from Redwood Alliance to our place and hang out there until it was time for the next message. Ha ha ha! That would be awesome! :-)