Off the wall.  Definition: highly unusual.  (Merriam-Webster).   I say “Yes”, bring it on; love that.  Show me a house with some weird shaped rooms, kookie alcoves, funky window seats…   Quirky makes Unique, it’s a good thing.   Not everyone passing through, viewing, will appreciate the cartoon fish tiles in bathroom, of the moroccan […]

For the most part, my youth was spent playing with a black Labrador named Troy.  He and I romped the rugged coast of south Devon, England   Summer weekends were spent swimming around aggressive jags of rock which separated the long line of beach in to a fantasy of unique coves.  Troy, was a wonderful […]

Some afternoons, Pluto, Noodle, Luna (3 dogs) and I, go for a drive.  We go to find new places; pretty neighborhoods, dog-friendly parks, quiet woodlands.  Last spring, I came across, what has since become my favorite Sunday outing.  Riverwood Drive is gorgeous.  It’s a beautiful drive, it’s a Sunday-afternoon-kind-of drive.  An eclectic variety of comely […]

The New Yorker Magazine years ago, published a cartoon depicting two city folk standing in the woods looking around.  The caption read “…now what?’.   Cracked me up at the time…    So poignant;  such an influential element discerning someone’s choice that is overlooked.    We hear “location, location, location” the “timeless” real estate mantra. […]