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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2020 2:17:02 GMT
*sniffle* Thank you so much, Casimira! Getting this unexpected report from someone who knows the place just means the world.
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Post by casimira on Dec 6, 2020 3:21:53 GMT
I had to do a double take on your Grandmother's house because I knew it was Tudor and next to the old hardware store of which the family name is retained with a faded patina. Upon revisiting this thread I realized it was the picket fence you posted about that had me all turned around. What were they thinking? Had there not been a festival going on we would have stopped for a cuppa tea at one of the cafes. Just too any people and Xmas music blaring. Some other time perhaps.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2020 5:12:45 GMT
I understand that they needed a fence since that property is bordered by streets on two sides. But yeah, the picket fence just doesn't fit with the house. Probably the preservation society or something decreed it. I can't say anything bad about the people who live there now. My brother Jimmie went through St. F. and was standing in front of the house just staring at it. The lady of the hous came out to see why. When he told her who he was, she invited him in to look around. My grandfather used to write on the walls of his warehouse or inside closets -- special stuff, or just comments like a date followed by "hot as hell". In the hall bathroom, for instance, is written a date in 1952 followed by, "Mary Ann and kids left for Alaska." Lo and behold, when Jimmie went in the house, all that writing was still there. The lady told him they just couldn't bear to paint over it.
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Post by casimira on Dec 6, 2020 5:32:16 GMT
That truly speaks well of them. They will likely fit right in with the small village lifestyle and Southern hospitality I know I received there.
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Post by lugg on Dec 6, 2020 11:06:53 GMT
I really enjoyed looking at this thread again- Im still fascinated by the cypress knees even though I've now seen them myself a few times since this report.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2021 21:49:37 GMT
“The Story of a Building” focuses on the Old Benevolent Society Restoration Committee’s mission to restore the Old Benevolent Society building and make it an active educational and gathering space for the entire community of West Feliciana.
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