Update:  I think Pixy gave me the answer and it had to do with the category and post title colliding.  Cooool... except for the no comment part... that's fixed with this one I think.  Many thanks to Redneck for calling it to my attention.

I've created a new category (like I needed another one... but I digress).  

Where was I?  Oh yes.  I've been pondering this off and on for a while now - mostly off - not thinking about it except when my husband and I go out for long walks on the weekend (something we did today).  Whereupon I completely forget I wanted to blog about this by the time I get home because my brain cells do not work properly.

House blogging.

Unlike the Chicago area (where I believe it's mandated that architects completely disregard external appearance when designing houses or they are threatened with losing their jobs for designing attractive houses that appeal to the eye), there are many houses here in the Northeast that are well worth looking at.  Old and new, it appears many of them were built with style and some serious consideration given to those of us who only see the outside. 

I've decided to try and take pictures of houses I like, or even those I dislike, and post them with a bit of commentary. 

I am not an architect, nor am I an expert in construction, I just know what I like when I see it and for some reason I think I want to document it.  I think it has something to do with being a blogger.

Of course you are stuck with me and my very marginal skilz in photography.  While I have this cute little Nikon Coolpix L12 - it is a small camera with a limited lens capability.  And, unlike my husband who has the "photographer's eye", I frame the picture, attempt to get all the "edges in", and  try to hold the camera still while I shoot - then hope for the best.  Not the - ahem - best way to take a picture.

Since my camera is currently upstairs, with some pics I want to download (but I'm too lazy to run up and get it this minute), I'm going to start off by posting a link to a picture of one of my favorite houses:

Sissy and Tuck's place at Christmas

I LOVE looking at old houses.  Sissy and Tuck's place certainly qualifies, having been built in 1840 or thereabouts.  Tuck has done a magnificent restoration job. It is always a work in progress for old houses  -which is why I love "looking at them" but could never live in one. Ownership involves a huge amount of work all the time.

If you do decide to click over you will see a beautiful house (I think Sissy posted at one point that it was Greek Revival...) with columns that are even more imposing looking because the house is on a hill overlooking the road. The large windows and chimneys draw the eye almost inviting you to walk up and knock to say hello.  The person who designed this house had a wonderful sense of proportion.  I love it.

I have the advantage of having been inside the house, so I also know how beautiful the indoor restoration is, Tuck having a passion for old house restoration.  For him, it has been a labor of love.

That's why I thought this would be the perfect house to start with. Even better - you have Sissy's eye to the camera and her photography is far superior to mine.

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