Visitors to the ranch first gather in the House. It is a
structure of thick stucco walls, smooth and white as
bone, into which hand-built windows stained liquor
brown, tall antique doors and ebony wood beams are
set. The surrounding garden is a textural mix of emerald and jade colored palms, succulents and cacti.
Lake's amiable dogs, Bouviers with fur resembling Astrakahn—so shaven because of the heat—happily loll
alongside pet parrots in the house and garden. All the
animals genteelly roam across terracotta floors that
extend from the interior rooms to the exterior terracHYLAND
