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Serious lock on a silly gate

Posted in August 20th, 2008
by Kelli in photos, previous owners, yardwork

Here’s the back gate in my back yard.  It’s in the middle of an incomplete fence which is not going to keep anyone out of anything.  But it is heavily fortified against anyone who’d try to wrestle it open through the trees that have grown up through it.  I guess the previous owners thought a […]

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Family photos at Our New Old House

Posted in May 21st, 2008
by Kelli in photos, previous owners

This is Mr. Louis Halden and his wife, Delta in the early 1940s. They lived in our house from 1941 to 1946. Their daughter, Judy, has been corresponding with me about the house and was very kind to send pictures. This picture was taken in our back yard. You can see […]

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Our New Old House as a Young House

Posted in May 20th, 2008
by Kelli in photos, previous owners

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Drawn from memory after 60 years

Posted in May 19th, 2008
by Kelli in photos, previous owners

The lady who lived in my house as a little girl sent me a letter with a floorplan she drew from memory. She moved out of our house when she was six years old or so and it’s amazing how much detail she remembers. Her drawing is practically to scale and nearly all […]

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Previous resident comes through, and how!

Posted in May 13th, 2008
by Kelli in previous owners

I received a lovely letter this week from the lady who lived in my house as a little girl.  She included pictures, which are awesome, and also a sketch of how the house was laid out when she lived here.  I was amazed at how accurate her memory of the house is 60 years after she […]

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