Shortly after we moved into this house, the woman who sold it to us moved from her apartment in Saint-Aignan to another in Tours. She offered us this aerial photo of the house that was taken long before we arrived. I think it was taken sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. My, how the trees have grown since then. And look at how small the hedges are!
The vigne vierge (Virginia creeper) was all gone when we first saw the house, but remnants remain. It's hard to see in this image, but the original owner of the house is standing on the deck looking up at the camera. He and his first wife built the house as a vacation home in the mid-1960s. She died in a car accident shortly after and he remarried. His second wife held on to the house for a while after he died, but I don't think she really liked it much. Plus, she probably wanted the proceeds to help finance her new apartment in Tours, so she put the house on the market. She had one prospective buyer, but his financing fell through. That's when we came along.
What a great photo to have. I’m sure you’ve written a dozen times, but how old is the house?
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness, yes, how small the hedges are!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo! I hope you have it prominently displayed in your house.
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Happy Birthday, Walt! Enjoy your steak dinner!
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Very interesting photo. I think I see the owner on the right (in the photo) of the double doors. Is it a vacant space (a corner of the living room) on the right of the owner or is it an optical illusion ?
ReplyDeleteThere are trees front and back yards that no longer exist and some not yet planted. I don’t see the real fake well. The lime tree looks somewhat small compared to the tree across the path that no longer exists.
The lot next to yours looks like a wasteland, now it’s a forest!
Put that drone on your List for Santa! If he doesn't come through, you can always buy it for yourself (!) That happens a lot at my home! Belated Birthday Greetings! My day was busy from morning til the last phonecall from a friend. Birthdays start to get more and more complicated - right?
ReplyDeletemitch, I think it was built around '67/'68.
ReplyDeletejudy, a lot easier to trim back then...
bettyann, it hangs in the guest room. And thanks!
chm, yes, that's him in front of the brown shutter. The space next to him is the corner of the living room where the television is.
mary, thanks!
Hmm, I wrote you yesterday but must have not pushed publish...I said Happy Birthday, plus you should ask Santa for a drone for Christmas lol. Happy Birthday a day late!
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely splendid maison you have
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