archive for April, 2005
April 8, 2005
floor plans changes
An architect looked at our plans and had some good suggestions. We might actually have closets one day.
April 18, 2005
fake history
If you live in a big, old, decrepit house and have no idea of its backstory, you may want to rent Grey Gardens and try to imagine that it happened in your house.
April 19, 2005
the abandoned house next door
The city came by and cut the grass of the abandoned house next door (previously). This is apparently a biannual service… As soon as they were finished, we went over and scattered a bag of wildflower seeds over the front yard.
April 20, 2005
fun with a tiller
The semester is almost over and I can almost see having free time again. We’re looking forward to what I’ve started thinking of as ‘house season’.
April 20, 2005
privacy fences
Sometime this summer we’ll be pushing forward our privacy fence. We’ll need new fencing in the most visible spot and this will be an opportunity to have something a little nice showing. In typical fashion, we went walking around the neighborhood as research.
April 21, 2005
officially spring
The ice-cream man has been making his rounds, playing his special song (mp3).
April 23, 2005
old maps of Richmond and our neighborhood
In our one prior attempt at tracking down some of the history of our house, we had previously discovered that the date that it was built won’t be easy to ascertain. Yesterday I found a map from 1864 that shows the streets in our area.
April 24, 2005
barton heights
We took a drive through Barton Heights, another Richmond neighborhood of old houses.
