George and I headed off to
the second wave of that Point Loma estate sale on Saturday Morning. The first time I was there, all I saw were
the books. The second visit, we had been
allowed into the garage and the first floor and I hadn’t looked beyond these. This time, I saw the Mission Style house and
it’s adaptations with far clearer eyes.
Lovely, big rooms opening
out toward the bay. Marvelous built in
bookcases surrounded real rooms not just combined spaces. French doors between the living room and the
hall. French doors opening into the
dining room. Delightful bathroom tile
and a tub placed in the center of the very big bathroom. A real pantry. A sun porch too. All this on a large hillside plot of land.
Which had been sold off
bit by bit. Closed off stairways led to
the space where there had once been a street on one side. The same on the other side. Now homes lived in these spaces. The original front entrance stairs were also
closed off now leading only to a wall.
Sometime in the seventies, a shaped pool and hot tub were installed in
the old front yard. Now it was filled
with algae in several shades of green.
The mom and dad died sometime
in the nineties. Their son lived in collapsing
rooms in the basement while the over full, upstairs rooms moldered.
Interior shots? I love these old house. So sad that the land around had been sold. my parents owned a place like that once-upon a time. They don't make homes for the masses like they used too.
ReplyDeleteSuggest to George he check out Apple products.
Not sure why your little summary at the end of each post fills me with hope, peace and a nice familiarity. Odd, huh?
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful old house.
ReplyDeleteA certain sadness fills me about estate sales. While I'd love to go to one something holds me back.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to think how elegant that house must have been at one time. I sympathize with George. I have the Windows 8 too. My brother keeps telling me to not worry and upgrade to the 10 when it shows up.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
ReplyDeleteI's a shame when the symmetry of lovely old houses are spoilt. I suppose houses need families.
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