a favourite shade of blue

a favourite shade of blue

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Change

The streets of a city change and morph into something new over time but some lovely homes are lost to this process. In the photos today there are two little homes that I have admired for several years. The one with the pretty fence is owned by an older woman who is incredible neat and tidy both inside her house and outside. I personally have never been inside but have heard for those who have that the interior as perfectly taken care of as the exterior. At the moment there are not many signs of how beautiful it will be come summer,but I wanted to take the photo as who knows when it will be sold and torn down to be replaced by one of the large homes in the third photo. That is what is happening all over the city as we move on into the 21st century..
The next photo with the A frame entrance is another delightful little home in the same category, carefully and lovingly preserved by its owner and a delight to look at.
Further on we see the very awfully expensive homes that have replaced the smaller houses on this street. There are many of these huge homes in Vancouver now but I chose this street because of the high orange one. It took me a while to accept it , not that anyone cared LOL. There are others there beside it in more modest colours. The scarlet Rhododendron stands in front of a red house which was bought a few years ago and completely overhauled . It is a lovely example of what can be done to preserve the older types of homes.
Architecture and design is an passion of mine and I thought it might be of interest to others.
Good evening folks! :>))

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