Drip... Drip... Drip...

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Drip...

Our Summer weather, most of this year...

Old brick sidewalks...

Original brick sidewalks... A dying sight, sad to say. See where the driveway was repaved, and the bricks are new? And they look different from the old...

And the old bricks no longer lie perfectly flat...

This old one tends to dip down, in the middle of this narrower stretch.

And grass will grow between the bricks. All of which, adds character... :-)

But sadly, people today are pulling up the original forms of sidewalks, along this stretch of N. Broadway. Replacing them with slabs of concrete. Probably safer to walk on. But, just not the same. Just not as.... "pretty."

Sad old house...

This poor old house has been for sale for ages. Looks small from the front, but it actually extends quite far back. So it's a good size.


Sorry for the blurrrrrrrrrrrrrr. It's on a busy road, so I had to take pics, while moving by. And this pic, showing that it's bigger than it seems ~~ came out too blurry.
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Our thought is, how far back does the property extend? Could the house be moved back farther, from the road? Some natural barrier of trees planted, along the front edge of property? And thus, make it more desirable?
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Then again, what shape is it in? Is it worth it, all round? But in today's depressed housing market, seems like the time to grab it. If one had the money to speculate with!!! :-) Nope, we don't!!!
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Then, what's the story of the house? Who built it? How many people lived in it? Why has it been abandoned for so long? Etc. Etc. Etc. -sigh- I think it's just the cutest thing. Maybe I'll call the real estate people and see if I know anyone in that office, and maybe find someone who will be willing to answer my "How come?" questions. :-)
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Can't...

Sorry, but I can't attach a photo to Blogger. :-(

Maybe later...
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From one day, to the next...

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Yesterday... At the bird bath pond...

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Today.......................

-sigh-

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What we don't love about...

What we don't love about our city... Huge hotels springing up, in so many places. Just big, high buildings. Not in keeping with old architecture.

Oh I know... How can we expect today's builders to give us period architecture? But! Some have tried. A local builder, has put up a replacement building right on Broadway, which fits in with the old. It probably cost him more. But he is local! From a local family, which has a history of loving this city and working for its betterment. These new hotels are not being built by locals.

Pardon my mini rant...
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ADDITION: I'm having troubles, trying to leave comments in other's blogs. Bahhh humbug.
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ANOTHER ADDITION: Apologies! I put this in Draft yesterday. And forgot to post it! Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh me! Sorry MB!!!
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Very different entry today....

A very different entry for today. A sad, sad, sad entry.

I've showed this sad carriage house before. Here and here. -sigh- And you can read the 'why' of it... in those entries.

But to us, there is no valid 'why'.

Plus, 'to add insult to injury' as they say ~ It is right across the street from this carriage house, which _is_ being lovingly restored.

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Busy, busy time of year...

Christmas Holiday Time...

You who celebrate, at this time, know that it gets busy. I try not to give in to all the rush. But no matter how hard we try, there are always more things going on and more things to do, at this Season.

My point is ~~ I have less time to be on my computer, now. And it will be like this, for a week or so. I will keep up my daily photo here. But will not be able to be faithful about visiting and commenting in other blogs. This makes me sad. But I hope you will understand. Please and thank you, for understanding.

And a very Happy Holiday Season to all who celebrate at this time!

From the sublime, to the ridiculous...

From the sublime, to the ridiculous... :-(

Yes, after posting those lovely shots, taken in Congress Park...

I show a Broadway store front which very sad to say, has looked just like this, for more than a year. We simply can not understand what is going on with this!

Yes, lots of building owners are asking very high rental fees. But ~ This situation seems ~ well, very unusual. And disturbing. No one likes to see an empty store front.

But it does show that not everything is pretty and restored, in my city. Like everything else, there is the ridiculous, along with the sublime. -sigh-

Not all property is taken care of...

-sigh- See... Not all buildings here, are taken care of. This very unique Carriage House, is being allowed to go to rack and ruin. And if you are actually standing here and looking at it, you can see that it is getting close to falling down. -sighhh- It's soooooo irritating.

Yes, it is owned, along with the main house. The main house is being repaired, now and then. The bottom pic, is what can be seen from the main house. It's in less ugly condition.

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Not all, are cared for well...

This carriage house is just being left to fall apart and down. So, so, so, so sad. -sigh- Especially since it's very unique. Bahh humbug on the owner....

The small house below, is actually being slowly restored by the present owner...
Very slowly, but there is still hope. It's not just left to 'rack and ruin.'

Sad....

This property seems to be owned. Work was being done, on the main house. Now it's stopped, and the carriage house {seen above} seems forgotten. So sad...

Help! *I* need paint!