Saturday Sightings

Here's the wagon all decked out for Christmas. This wagon sets in front of a railroad depot converted to a Dentist's office. They decorate the wagon for each season.

Have a great Saturday!

Saturday Sightings: Odd House Continued...Finally

Some of you may remember this house from this Saturday Sighting Post


Based on comments on that post I went back to take more photos so you could see the neighborhood.

I had been driving around looking for potential lakeside property. Texas only has one natural lake the rest are all man made. The Lake near me is man made. Instead of having million dollar homes with boat docks gracing it's shores. The Corp of Engineers owns and manages most of the shoreline. There are several public parks scattered here and there that go down to the water to allow access for swimming and boating. I do have more photos to give you an idea of what the majority of the homes look like surrounding the Corp property but for now I will continue the story of this interesting house.

My first glimpse of it was at this very sharp curve where I did come to a stop when I spied the gargoyle.

What the Heck?


Instead of turning to the left I continued forward. (at that time this mobile home on the corner had a bank foreclosure for sale sign in the yard)


Three stories, angles and doors everywhere. And no shingles.


Here is the neighbor on the right. (my Mom taught me if I couldn't say anything nice, shut up)


I am glad they were not home so I could pull into their driveway to take a few more pictures.


See that door up on the third floor? Matches the one on the other side. Some type of plastic sheeting flapping in the wind. No siding. Click to see larger photo if interested.


While I was leaving this little covert photography session the new neighbors, who apparently purchased the bank repo came outside.

The man walked to the center of the road with a gun in his hand.

A caulking gun. I stopped so he could ask me what I was doing. I told him my step dad was a hobbyist carpenter (he really is) and he had seen the photos I had taken a couple of weeks before and I came back out to take a few more since this house was such a carpenter's nightmare.

Did you think I was going to tell him .... I am soooo blogging this!

He did tell me the gentleman that lives there, yes, lives in a room in the back, is building this house in his spare time. He is single. That is all the info I got this trip.

I'll keep checking on his progress.

This is the view as I was going back the way I came. Yes, I was stopped in the road. Again. It's the country.

At the end of this very long dirt road should be the lake. No way was I going down there. By My Self.

Those signs say "enter at your own risk. The boogie man with the hook for a hand is down there".

Okay, the signs say something about no dumping.


I do wonder if he will be able to even see the lake from his third floor. With two doors up there I would imagine he is going to build some kind of deck. Original post is here for more photos

So y'all got any What the Heck houses near you?

Saturday Sightings...Not on Sunday Either

Another day filled with interruptions... not only affecting Saturday Sighting but my Marathon NaNoWriMo writing frenzy for today.

Good interruptions, but interruptions none the less.

Plus I closed my eyes for just a second around 7:30 pm. I just woke up! I not only didn't post the continuation of the "house" ... I missed Desperate Housewives!

This fabulously quirky house deserves more than my half awake attempt at a narrative.
I will however post this...




This is a very sharp curve to the left. I saw the turret or cupola or whatever that top thing is called and a gargoyle?

How could I not go forward rather than following the main road to the left?

Saturday Sighting continues Next Saturday. Surely no more Life could happened, right?

Monday Night Dinner and Art ... tomorrow evening...

so in the mean time go visit Nat and his Art Giveaway! Time is running out! I've won twice I really shouldn't comment again but it's really hard not to... go check it out! Win some Art! He is only shipping to the US, though.

Update: Answers to questions asked in comments on Black Friday Post

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Saturday Sightings

Sometimes I will see something on my out and about Saturday drives that demand my attention.

This one had me coming to a complete stop!

well, almost and it's okay 'cause I have a bumper sticker that says

WARNING... I break for photo ops!
And may actually come to a FULL STOP!

Amateur Photographer on board







Okay, so technically I didn't do a Saturday drive today... but did you really want to see the mess and restoration of Christmas decorating.

I think not! It's not even Thanksgiving yet!

And just an FYI, the entire backside of this house is unfinished, unpainted, plywood I think. The east side is just the plastic sheeting that is put on before you install brick or siding.

Can you help but wonder about the people who live there.

Oh, yes it was occupied.

They had a sign posted on the front gate that the house was not for sale!

More about the location of this house next Saturday since I won't be driving anywhere, but franticly typing for NaNoWriMo!

Geeze, I could write about this house... should be good for about a 10K word count.

Saturday Sightings

Saturday Sightings

There is this Railroad Depot in a city near here, now converted into a Dentist's Office. This wagon sets out front decorated seasonally.

Wouldn't that look great in my front yard? Or Yours?

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