My camera frustrates me! I think it's because it seems like everyone and their dog has a nice SLR and amazing pics. And I have..... the worst point and shoot. Anyway... mini vent session over. Just want you to know, these trees are SO much more amazing than they look! This first one in particular is my favorite. I'm sad it's the last fall I get to enjoy it. We went on a walk this evening and the second I walked down the driveway it caught my eye and I gasped. It changed color overnight! It almost didn't seem natural, how brilliant red it was. So in love.
I've been wanting to do this blog post for a while now.... you see, we have some "winner" houses around here. I remember when Marcie visited, she was so taken by all the cute, "doll" houses... and I have to agree. I love the variety and how unique so many are. Whenever we go on walks, I feel like I see a "new" one for the first time, even though we've probably walked by it dozens of times. With that said, there are also quite a few...shall we say... {special} houses....
Take Exhibit A, for example...
see anything weird... out of place???
Look again, on the bottom right. Maybe you were thrown off by all the Halloween decor, but that my friends is a shrine. Pretty sure it's the Virgin Mary. But what gets me, is that it matches the house! The siding is the same and the roof matches. It's like she's on a cloud, but don't worry, there is glass on the front so the snow won't get her. I mean, really???
One afternoon, walking down Oehman (it's got a great selection! In fact, I believe all these abodes are on Oehman), we started talking like we were the houses... you know, like if the house could talk, this is what it would say....
"I just love housing the temple president..."
"You can catch me on Hoarders, 8/7 central."
(It's not real clear, but there is a TON of junk on the porch and piled up in the window)
"So I have back hair... leave me alone."
"I miss Mexico."
"Whattya think YOU'RE looking at?! Nothing to see here... move along."
(What I loved about this one, was, we always thought the owners must be very private people.. you know? Well when I was taking the picture, there was a man in nothing but his skivvies, wrapping up the hose. You can even kind of see him. Maybe we were wrong about these ones...)
Boy, we just crack ourselves up. :)
To end on a good note... I can't walk by these houses without wishing I lived in them. They are by far my favorite. And they are right next to each other. I can never decide which I like more, but they for sure seem to fit in some sort of {doll house 5th dimension}.
7 comments:
You guys are funny! I loved reading what all the houses were thinking. :) That red tree is gorgeous! I love fall here in Buffalo. So pretty. The pic of Weston sleeping on his face cracks me up! Silly boy.
Ok I LOVE this post! It makes me feel like i'm home! I love the leaves! It actually makes me sad! We had a tree in front of our house that would turn the most bright yellow and orange and I LOVEd looking out the window at it. I'm actually getting emotional just thinking of it. There sure is nothing that beautiful out here in NM! I about died reading all the house lines! I love you Steph! hahahah Seriously...Especially since I know exactly which ones you're talking about. The purple one is great! Me and Creed would always walk by that and think the same thing! Wish I was there going on walks with you! I miss our walks! I love you and I love this post! It's like a Christmas present to me to read it!
STEPHANIE I literally have a picture of the exact same doll house on my phone haha I loved it the second I saw it and ever since then I have been dreaming of living in a house with all that cuteness going on out front. Ummm you are hilarious I really felt like the houses were talking to me haha cracked me up the sayings were perfect!
i am so jealous of the fall colors! I think your camera must not be too crappy, because i think they are gorgeous! {or maybe i have just lived in az for my entire life and only know 2 colors...brown and diahreah brown} :)
Getting rid of paci's is the worst. I felt so horrible getting rid of taters. He literally thought it was part of his body/ his bff. I felt like a cold, heartless person getting rid of it. So, good luck to you and collin! You look so friggin skinny in those pumpkin pics. I am sure you have been working seriously hard. Way to go!
picnik.com is a free photo editing site. you should try it. :)
I loved your house tour. I loved the captions. That was one of my favorite things to do when I was there in March(on the not soooo cold days) was to look at the houses in your neighborhood as we went on walks.
ha, i laughed at the temple prez's house. my first thought was it could be the Brady Bunch house!
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