Tuesday, May 6, 2014

146 East Holcomb Avenue

I wanted to share some pictures of the house that I took a few weeks ago. I went and walked around the lot and tried to imagine everything. I think I had a fairly accurate picture for the most part.

As mentioned in the previous post, this is the tree carving my dad did for my mom. The tree was at the base of the steps for the back porch, the one leading to the patio.

The carving now, fairly grown over. If you didn't know
what to look for, you wouldn't see it.
The tree and patio before. The carving is much more
pronounced here. P.S. Notice the chicken in the tree.
That's a whole other story!
Here is nice before and after of the garden that my mom used to keep. The harden itself was a place I didn't really appreciate until it was gone. I could always find mom digging or planting or rearranging her various knick-knacks here. It was a respite for her I believe. I only wish I could have taken the time to slow down and see how relaxing it really was to be in the space.
Looking in at an angle. The carved tree is just out of frame on the far right. The tree straight ahead was somewhat of a "cornerstone" in that it marked a corner of the patio. The brown dead thing on the left was a trumpet vine- yet another story to be told!
What a drastic change! Straight ahead you can see the same "cornerstone" tree as in the picture above, for reference.
I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing pictures of the garden. It's peaceful to see them even now. I have more pictures of the lot, but not many to compare with. I'll do some digging this summer to find some more reference pictures. To finish out, here's a final picture, the house looking in from the street.

"Before" picture photo credit goes to my mom, from her blog and website: www.paintedpiglet.com
If you want to read the post about the house, just search "garden" and the post is titled "Patio Garden memories." Mom tends to have a better way with words than I do!

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