tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post8646493310879434170..comments2023-10-30T10:31:57.911-04:00Comments on Days of Transition: Reflections on the life of a houseRalphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-40976241003028959022009-05-22T12:51:21.054-04:002009-05-22T12:51:21.054-04:00Marilyn, thanks for stopping by! Please don't mind...Marilyn, thanks for stopping by! Please don't mind my comments about the Bradford pear. I know your version is the new and improved one!Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-83719593429293518752009-05-22T11:54:16.236-04:002009-05-22T11:54:16.236-04:00What a beautiful tribute, not only to this magnifi...What a beautiful tribute, not only to this magnificent house, but also to Steve...all of it absolutely true! And now, there are new memories to be made - a new "child" and many more projects for Steve!!<br />Hugs, MarilynAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281265185746580046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-70769356710702623442009-05-14T20:31:00.000-04:002009-05-14T20:31:00.000-04:00Thank you, my dear LR.Thank you, my dear LR.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-52706343181702379632009-05-14T20:06:00.000-04:002009-05-14T20:06:00.000-04:00"......he decorated my life in ways I'd never imag..."......he decorated my life in ways I'd never imagined possible" <br />Beautiful!Lonely Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06419404284743404488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-27142244393950684372009-05-14T16:33:00.000-04:002009-05-14T16:33:00.000-04:00Z&M, I forgot you also remembered "Take M...Z&M, I forgot you also remembered "Take Me Out To The Ball Game." I've always laid it lack of availability to some deal with whatever Desilu Studios is part of now--proprietary in some way. Whatever the reason, it's a shame it can only be heard on "Lucy" re-runsRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-57289447695157031102009-05-14T14:39:00.000-04:002009-05-14T14:39:00.000-04:00I remember very well where the addition was, Miche...I remember very well where the addition was, Michele, because you pointed it out. If I hadn't known the details, I would have just thought the floors were uneven in an old house.<br /><br />Very cool about the signatures! The only way anybody will see our handprints (and the prints of the two cats living with us at the time)is if the kitchen addition is for some reason taken apart.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-55826343119663450572009-05-14T14:30:00.000-04:002009-05-14T14:30:00.000-04:00We are just interim caretakers of our houses. The...We are just interim caretakers of our houses. The Oxford house was about 150 years old when we bought it 30 years ago. Before us there was a first house and a major addition (to most eyes well-integrated structures). However, on the foundation seen as one descended the stairs to the basement under the major addition, there were signatures of, we assume, the builders of the major addition. We all want to leave our mark.jack/andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569977450731641637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-35021264792847225072009-05-14T14:05:00.001-04:002009-05-14T14:05:00.001-04:00Z&M, you're a regular riot! See my note t...Z&M, you're a regular riot! See my note to Michele above....Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-48038597744243454562009-05-14T14:05:00.000-04:002009-05-14T14:05:00.000-04:00Michele, I'm with you and the memories. The house...Michele, I'm with you and the memories. The house has served it's purpose, and despite the fact we pay for things, we don't really "own" them. The house was 43 years old when we took it over. We gave it a second life, and now new people will carry on. That's as it should be.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007305231270037503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-83775129599218410412009-05-14T13:56:00.000-04:002009-05-14T13:56:00.000-04:00I remember Harpo Marx playing that song too. I'm c...I remember Harpo Marx playing that song too. I'm curious as to why neither of us can find it. I checked my playlist and came up with nada. uummmph. Gotta be somewhere. <br /><br />Sounds like you have emotional ties to the house Ralph. Even going so far as to leave your initials in the flooring. I think you should stay. I really hate to see a grown man cry come June 19th. Well . . . at least I won't have to watch. But hey, maybe it won't appraise and you can stay. Let's think positive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849327642610184563.post-5926775132861462982009-05-14T13:13:00.000-04:002009-05-14T13:13:00.000-04:00It's a bittersweet time leaving a beloved house fo...It's a bittersweet time leaving a beloved house for a new adventure. We still think frequently and fondly on "our" house and gardens in Oxford, NY. We wish we could have moved the house to Cincinnati. Of course, we could not have moved the rural night sky that still has stars, the cows that escaped from nearby pastures to munch at our birdfeeder or the smell of manure being spread in the neighboring hay fields. We do have the wonderful pictures Steve took of the house and gardens, a now six-feet tall blue spruce (offspring of the ancient one in our Oxford backyard) and many plants from that garden. The house is in good hands, though. The folks that bought it from us are still there ten years on, are gardeners and have expanded the gardens (we have been back in the area and, of course, drove by). When we sold the house we left a binder of stuff about it. Must have been one thing we didn't mention, because last year we got a call asking us where the wellhead was. I closed my eyes, transported myself back and was able to tell her it's location. The Arlington house will only be a memory away and it sounds like you have found worthy caretakers.jack/andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569977450731641637noreply@blogger.com