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...An actual log cabin, of the sturdy sort a child would draw, it’s surrounded by evergreens, with a big deck with a hot tub (private enough to wear whatever you want to – or don’t – when you soak)....
...And what land: the proximity to the Pacific brings year-round spectacles of atmosphere; the inland reaches are furred in evergreens and vineyards, while its coastline is rough, pounded by a frigid ocean....
...The high forest of piñon-juniper has a resinous and evergreen odour, almost like eucalyptus, sweeter than the sagebrush that is so dominant on the plains further north. Desert days change fast....
...Hollywood producer George Lucas has a gated ranch here. You cannot keep count of the Zen retreats, yoga farms and meditation centres dotted throughout its Pacific coast landscape....
...“Sometimes it’s that simple,” says Hearst, who uses organic merino wool from her family’s ranch in Uruguay....
...When Brubeck was 11 the family moved to northern California for the father to take up a job managing a ranch....
...Why Crescent H Ranch has rolling wildflower meadows, aspen groves and evergreen forest, all surrounded by mountains....
...Opportunities to secure 95 acres of land, with two ponds, horse stables and thousands of aspen and evergreen trees, close to the slopes, are few and far between, as is the privacy such space affords....
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