...the dirty deed...and my only regret is I didn't have a chain saw as I removed the two trees marring Dean Bryant Vollendorf's clean, sweeping lines along the front wall.
Here's his original design...
...and here's our front wall when we moved in...
...besides all the overgrown bushes, it looks like some kind of giant green spider perched up there, with a tree to the right that blocks DBV's metal artwork.
But after some work with my shears and handy buck saw, here's the new view along our front wall...
...shrubs trimmed, big green spider removed and metal artwork revealed.
...shrubs trimmed, big green spider removed and metal artwork revealed.
DBV passed on 12 years ago, so I like to think he's smiling down at us for restoring his original vision of clean lines for this home.
So...why did we wait 'til our 4th summer here to do this?
A couple of reasons...one was just a matter of priorities...there was so much that needed to be fixed / replaced, from flooring in the entire home to a complete kitchen remodel to basic plumbing repairs to total roof replacement...etc etc etc
And perhaps equally important, without actually knowing the pedigree of this home, we had only our suspicions and suppositions to go on.
Finding out who the architect was and seeing the original design on paper has given us a certainty about what we should be doing and how we should proceed.
Ergo, no more trees interrupting the clean lines of the front wall...
...and an uncluttered view of the metal artwork.
Progress.
It was a perfect fall day for hickory golf...
...somewhere, I assume...but sadly, not here...
This is distressing since the weekends I have left to chase that little white gutta percha around the links with my hickories are rapidly disappearing...
...hoping for better weather next week.
Karen and I are late to the party, but we've been watching Heartland...
...hoping for better weather next week.
Karen and I are late to the party, but we've been watching Heartland...
...a Canadian TV series that has recently been renewed for its 14th season.
We're currently working our way through season 2, so we've got a ways to go.
I think we're enjoying it so much because it's pretty much a mirror image of the life we live...
...yeah, ok, that's not it.
I guess we like it because it's well acted with believable characters and clean dialog and it's not intrusively "woke" or politically motivated...it's just life...a very different life than we live...
Amazon Prime has the first 9 seasons, so we're good for awhile.
At the moment it's a very pleasant break from the toxic environment currently permeating American culture.
Highly recommended.
Some random sights from here and there...
I've been sitting here wracking the neural network that passes for my brain, trying to think of something witty to say as I push you out the back door so we here at the Atomic Monster Cafe can get back to all the important stuff we have to do...
...and I finally thought of something...
Some random sights from here and there...
my temporary command center at Oval Beach on our recent anniversary
I spy a beautiful woman
coming in for a landing
the squirrels are always amused at the cats' serious but hopeless attempts to catch them
at the weary willie convention
October moon and Mars on the left
I've been sitting here wracking the neural network that passes for my brain, trying to think of something witty to say as I push you out the back door so we here at the Atomic Monster Cafe can get back to all the important stuff we have to do...
...and I finally thought of something...
later, mcm fans...
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