|Landenberg Life Life|Photo Essay| Photos by Jim Coarse Text by Richard L. Gaw For three decades and from nearly every angle and view, Cindy and Wyn Hiles had the fortune to stand on the back deck of their Landenberg home and watch nature unfold, uninterrupted. Their 7.8-acre piece of land, tucked into the crevices of a valley off of Penn Green Road, is a painted portrait of the seasons, a nearly silent soundtrack, a playground for the wild things and a sanctuary for Cindy, Wyn and their two sons. Over time, the family built a few cottages on the banks of the White Clay Creek below their home and then a suspension bridge, but generally left everything else perfectly untouched. Cindy and Wyn were even married there, before guests and the steady and persistent sound of the creek. “The property had a calming effect, and we loved the view,” Cindy said. “We would often muse to ourselves that people pay a lot of money to go on vacation to places that offered the same view that we were blessed to see every day. We would sit on the deck and watch the birds, the fox and the deer, and it didn’t feel like we were in the middle of the I-95 corridor, but that we were living in some wild and open space.” Continued on Page 40
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