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Change of Scenery

t was the sweeping vista from manicured outdoor rooms that captured Edith Lyon’s attention while casually considering a move less than a mile from the family home of 30 years. “I asked my husband, David, if we could go look solely based on the view and then thought, I hope we like the house because we loved the property,” Edith says of the grounds teeming with lush hydrangeas,

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