Living the Lake Lifestyle at Royalview

God has truly blessed our lives.

Johanna and Willie of acrossthelake.blog

Where we live, our lifestyle, everything. It has all been changed, and turned around for the better. We couldn’t be happier or more grateful for all that God has done in our lives, and how he’s elevated our lives, and brought us to this beautiful place that we now call home.

It is so amazing to sit out in our front yard and view the lake from our garden.

Covered swing in garden area. acrossthelake.blog

We are beginning new traditions together here. One of our very first is sitting outside and talking about our day as we enjoy the beautiful lake view.

Not to mention, enjoying all the very pretty flowers that are in bloom.

Beautiful purple Salvia flowers. acrossthelake.blog — Purple Salvia

Beautiful white Verbena flowers from acrossthelake.blog — White Verbena

We are now also blessed with daily visits from Bumble Bees, Dragonflies, and Butterflies who are enjoying all the gorgeous blooms.

It’s very quiet and peaceful here. We can hear the March winds blowing through all the trees, and see the dancing of the water as we sit and gaze.

Living the Lake Lifestyle at Royalview. acrossthelake.blog

Till next time friends, stay safe and follow your joy. God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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March 22, 2025 0

Getting Near the Finish Line, Landscaping Project Royalview

Landscape Design by Eagle A. Improvements

We are now on day six of our complete yard transformation. Things are looking really great, and we can now see the finish line. The only projects left to complete as I am posting this blog, are the two bridges that are being built in the front.

I’ll be posting quite a few before and after photos for you to see and compare, for every area that is being upgraded or restored, in a later post, but for now, I’d like to get you caught up to speed as to how everything is looking right now.

The front Southern garden area is really quite a highlight here. It sits right at the front corner of the property, and is the most visible. We’ve already been receiving a lot of slow-downs to catch a look, passers-by.

Wooden Outdoor Swing with Stand and Canopy, from Amazon.
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There will be a bridge across to get to this area, and it is complete with a covered swing, in which we can sit and view the lake from our yard. So excited!

Custom Bridge Construction by Eagle A. Improvements, Houston, TX

We ordered 2 of these wooden outdoor swings from Amazon, and they both arrived very promptly. They are really pretty and add a special touch. You can click on our Associate’s Link to get one for yourself!

Wooden Outdoor Swing with Stand and Canopy, from Amazon.
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There is just so much to show you, the team from Eagle A. Improvements have been working seemingly non-stop over the course of this past week, tending to every little detail with care.

Special thank-you’s to Keren and Albert. They have been here every day working and making sure all is done precisely.

One of the most spectacular areas is the descending path that they’ve creating to help us and others reach our front door atop our hill. These steps were handmade by the Eagle A. Improvements team, along with a cross path that takes you to another garden/sitting area that overlooks the lake on the Northern side of our property.

Custom Made Steps by Eagle A. Improvements

Custom Pathways designed by Eagle A. Improvements

Our 2nd Wooden Swing with Canopy in the North Garden

There has been quite a bit going on the in back yard as well. They had to do a lot of digging for irrigation and also for drainage. The backyard has been re-sod and gravel lined, and the garden is now complete. Here is the back yard this evening.

Landscape Design by Eagle A. Improvements, Houston, TX

Willie and I couldn’t be happier with how things are turning out. We’re both anticipating how the bridges will look. They should complete them both by tomorrow, and then they will be painted white next week.

Till next time, stay safe, and follow your joy! God is truly good!

Johanna and Willie

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March 4, 2025 0

Aerial View from Across the Lake, to Royalview

Good day friends!

Today’s post is a bird’s eye view from (literally) across the lake, to Royalview.

These photos were captured prior to us purchasing Royalview. They were on our home’s listing and really brought joy to our hearts, to see the area from this vantage point.

And speaking of “bird’s eye view”, we have seen a couple of eagles that must live here in the area. We look forward to getting to know about all the wildlife here. When we first moved in we could hear coyotes howling, and did see one on the road one evening. That was fun. We of course do have squirrels and birds. We’ve seen a few ducks on the lake, and there is a very friendly neighborhood cat that was our first new “neighbor” to pay us a visit. He is known by our other neighbors and everyone seems to take care of him. We do not know what his name is, but we’re calling him Carlton.

We’ll be back soon with moving in updates and pics. We’ve been busy this week with contractors coming by to put in bids for things that need to be done on the outside. There will be power washers out tomorrow. We’re really looking forward to the outside getting cleaned up. Will post some before/after pics. It’s sure to be a big transformation.

Till then, take care and stay joyful!

Johanna and Willie

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January 9, 2025 0

Hello, and Welcome to Across the Lake, to Royalview

Hello everyone! So thankful to be here!

My name is Johanna. My husband, Willie, and I just made a huge change (and move) in our lives. We uprooted ourselves from our hometown and home of 31 years, and moved to a (new to us) small Texas town, in which we have purchased our new home, that we’re lovingly calling, Royalview.

We have been on a soul-searching and across-Texas journey for the past 2 years, longing to be a part of a smaller community, and to be in an area that still possesses a good amount of God’s natural beauty that we can enjoy right outside our own home.

We are both still pinching ourselves to believe the wonderful blessing that we have received in finding Royalview, and now being able to call her our home. Royalview is a 4 year old custom built home that sits on a hilltop, overlooking a beautiful lake.

We invite you to join us, in this new leg of our journey, as we get moved in (official move in date was December 18, 2024), get things fixed up, decorated (inside and out), and also as we get familiar with our new surroundings here, and around our new hometown.

Willie and I are in our early 60’s. Well, Willie is. I will be joining the 60’s club here in January. We have been married for 41 years, and are very excited to be embarking on this adventure together.

Introducing, Royalview:

We are loving the hilltop view of the lake.

View from our front door steps.

View from our driveway.

We will be sharing a lot more photos of Royalview in upcoming posts, sharing the inside of our home, as well as our backyard area. There are a lot of fun projects coming up, so we hope you’ll come along for all the excitement.

Sincerely,

Johanna and Willie

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