December 2012
You all recall, I know, the township property that interested me so I could be accused of stalking. It was a small family campground named Lazy Acres.
It was a fifties and sixties kind of place; then the laughter and fun moved on to new attractions. Lazy Acres went on the market, sold by the sons of the owners,(in their seventies, I learned) to two families; grandparents and one of their daughters and son-in-law.
March through September 2014
Demolition continued
We found a big house and a little house.
The stuff of stories.
We decided the big house belonged to Mama and Papa,
the little house the Grandma and Grandpa.
I intended to stop back and meet someone, but I never saw anyone.
Yesterday I did.
I drove straight back, introduced myself, and confessed my obsession with the place.
I met the Grandparents,
who live in this house, since last August.
Weekends, holidays, and come this summer,
thirteen grandchildren have the run of the main level.
How cool is that.
The little house belongs to a daughter and son-in-law, who hope to occupy it this summer.
Now, I must take my watermark off my collection of pictures, and send them to the grandparents.
Great story. Glad you got to meet the family. I can't imagine so many grandchildren. Wonderful though!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you followed through with this saga. I have wondered from time to time how things were going there. It is a great story and one I hope the family involved will save to show people in the future.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they will appreciate the background pictures. Beautiful house and beautiful property. I hop you become friends and get to take some pictures as a guest and not a stalker.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteOh I am so glad you found a warm welcome and yet another property has been revived! YAM xx
On my stupid IPad ... Who's stupid... Me or it? Anyway... Don't feel like I can converse intelligently... Just checking in... More later .... Love these houses
ReplyDeleteHow lovely. And I love that you introduced yourself and hope it is the beginning of a long friendship.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful end to the story, nice to have hordes of children to enjoy it all.
ReplyDeleteFantastic ending - and hopefully a beginning, too. Thirteen grandchildren! Won't they have great memories when they grow up?
ReplyDeleteHow neat the "big" house is for the grandparents and the grandchildren that come to visit! Glad you decided to "come a'calling!"
ReplyDeletebetty
The houses turned out very nicely. I can't imagine having thirteen grandchildren in the house at once.
ReplyDeleteWonderful x
ReplyDeleteHow nice that you took all those early photographs which you can now pass on.
ReplyDeleteAnd how nice too that you have made contact with them. It is certainly an improvement on what was there before isn't it Joanne?
Sounds like that family's dream came true.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like there is enough room in that house to accommodate many, many grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish I had that many grandchildren! We fit ours into our airstream trailer. It's a beautiful site. I hope the families will be happy there for years to come.
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