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pointing out her ongoing clearing projects.
In her Old Florida speak she talks
about the hurrikins of 2004-5 and how
the family lost 200 trees.
After she had to hold the French doors
shut in the master bedroom during one
of the storms, Varn took out the doors
and replaced the existing deck with a
closed-in alcove. “It unnerved me, so I
closed in the porch,” she says.
Lost River is its own botanical garden
of 25 orchids hanging around with plants
and trees everywhere — all surrounded
by water. The pergola off the main deck
is covered with six different sprouts from
a tree first planted in 1968. “The plants
here are old and they have come from
everywhere,” Varn says.
Painted buntings know where the
place is. They arrive in October and
whistle to the others where the food is,
says Varn. Every morning she makes her
coffee and feeds the fish and birds before
taking her seat on the deck to enjoy the
show.
“I am going to miss the freedom here,”
Varn says. “One person does not need
this much space.”
Lost River is listed for sale at $495,000
by Adena Williams of Coldwell Banker
Paradise.
This guest bathroom upstairs was shared by the four children in their wing of the house.
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