I like to dream. Do you like to dream?

You may like to dream about Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, Humphrey Bogart or Audrey Hepburn, Will Smith or Jada Pinkett Smith.

I like to dream about houses: houses of the past, present and future.  From castles and palaces to hovels and caves, from warm climate cabanas to cold climate insulated chambers.  I also like to think about how all of these dreams would impact me, my current lines, my structure, my chances of landing a new owner, and how I can improve myself for posterity.

I want to structure some future posts on what-if's - for example, what if I built on a medieval tower on my facade, on this hill overlooking the Thompson Run/Turtle Creek valleys, or built out my peripheral decks, or constructed a snaking, curving driveway up to my front door?  How would these augment the way that I feel, the way that I look, the way that I can service the humans living in me.  Many thoughts, directions, reflections....

..HF.

Forlorn Shrub 2

Ah, perhaps he only hand small hand-pruners ... that top branch looks
like branch-lopping shears are needed!

..HF.

Forlorn Shrub 1

Why do you suppose he trimmed like that?

..HF.

Laceleaf Maple 3

Laceleaf Maple 2

Laceleaf Maple 1

So that's what a laceleaf maple looks like in the winter without it's
bright red-green leaves!

House Forlorn Reads: 2008 Book Retrospective

Aristophanes "The Frogs", 

Harry Beckwith's "Selling the Invisible", 

Peter Drucker's "Management".

Carl Sagan's "Murmurs from Earth", 

Beatrice Corley's "Everyday People Cookbook", 

Olwen Hedley's "Hampton Court Palace"

Johnson, Rayle and Wedberg's "Biology: An Introduction", 

Gerhard Gollwitzer's "The Joy of Drawing: Learn how to observe, then create spontaneously", 

Harry Disston's "Know About Horses: A Ready Reference Guide to Horses, Horse People and Horse Sports"

William Betz' "Basic Mathematics", 

Turner and Berry's "The Winemaker's Companion", 

Henry Cooper's "The Search for Life on Mars"

James Herriot's self-named "James Herriot's Yorkshire", 

Ignacio Bernal's "The Mexican National Museum of Anthropology", 

Elizabeth S. Helfman's "Celebrating Nature: Rites and Ceremonies Around the World"

tourist picture guide All Sevilla, 

John Ruffle's "The Egyptians", 

David Weiss' "Naked Came I".

Juan Bonet's "Majorca", 

Betty Ford's "The Times of My Life", 

Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone's "Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World"

and three pamphlets:

the USGS Topographic Instructions, 

Communication with the Deaf, 

The Southwestern Pennsylvania magazine.

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Santa in a sunny window with cats 2

Wish my windows had real cats sitting on the sills sunning themselves...

..HF.

Santa in a sunny window with cats 1

House Forlorn Reads 8

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Three pamphlets:  the USGS Topographic Instructions, Communication with the Deaf, and the Southwestern Pennsylvania magazine.

House Forlorn Reads is an episodic podcast brought to you by a house whose owners have moved out but haven't yet sold it to new owners. The house is sad and eager to have new humans living in it.  This podcast, along with the House Forlorn blog and selected House Forlorn Chogger comics, can be found at HouseForlorn.com.
Date of Production: 20081129
post-production completed: 20081207
Length: 00:16:11

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