I went into town the back way so I could snap some doors I haven’t gotten yet.
I love these ramshackle barns. I also love the word ramshackle.
These next two houses have nice doors, but I look at them and think of how Charlie would have snarled at the roofs, as if he, personally, was tasked with waterproofing the angles.
This second Hell Roof house also has a kind of a one-story turret or, if you must, a bay window.
The last picture isn’t of a door at all, but of a sign of spring around here. The blossoms are in full riot: Bartlett Pear, Japanese Cherry, and the coveted Toilet Paper tree.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Why was that house toilet papered?
MA
Dan Antion
April 1, 2021 at 10:40amI like “ramshackle” too, and I would feel Charlie’s pain over those angles. Waterproofing and then cutting all those dang shingles, auuugh. Great doors and signs of spring.
Jean Reinhardt
April 1, 2021 at 12:09pmI even winced at those angles, Marian. I know for a fact that, toilet paper in a tree is a twenty-first century way of warning people that the family is in the throes of a nasty bug, and you enter the house at your peril, lol.
Marian Allen
April 1, 2021 at 12:13pmLOL! In 2020, it would have been a charity.
sustainabilitea
April 1, 2021 at 5:26pmI like “ramshackle” but I haven’t seen a toilet paper tree since we moved to Arizona. Maybe a different climate. But I’ve now heard of “ding, dong, ditch” which I’d never heard of before reading neighbors’ posts here, so I guess that’s a wash. Maybe the lack of toilet paper trees contributed to the TP Covid shortage. It’s possible, right? 🙂
janet
Marian Allen
April 2, 2021 at 8:53amI believe you’ve hit upon the reason. Climate change led to the failure of toilet paper tree crop in 2020, causing a country-wide shortage. If we posted that theory often enough, it would probably gain credence and join sewer alligators and “unicorns aren’t real” as American legends. I mean, thinking people know unicorns are real, right?
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
April 1, 2021 at 9:43pmThey were probably hoarding all the toilet paper for months. This was revenge 🙂
Marian Allen
April 2, 2021 at 8:53amHAH!