Comments on: sullivan house http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/25/sullivan-house/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Colin http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/25/sullivan-house/#comment-4664 Colin Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:42:36 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/sullivan-house/#comment-4664 Houses are much less transient then most things. They help define place. The joy of visiting different countries and places is partly enjoying those differences. If we qre not careful it will all become homogenised. Old houses have character and life. They tell a story. Their story is important. Keep it alive. Houses are much less transient then most things. They help define place. The joy of visiting different countries and places is partly enjoying those differences. If we qre not careful it will all become homogenised. Old houses have character and life. They tell a story. Their story is important. Keep it alive.

]]> By: basha http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/25/sullivan-house/#comment-4638 basha Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:29:19 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/sullivan-house/#comment-4638 My old house has been both a joy and a royal pain. We moved in without knowing if we could get the coal furnace to work. But all the work has been worth it. I see all the new mcmansions going up everywhere, luxury homes that may be wonderful to live in, I really don't know, but I see that they are all built with cheap materials, and am happy with our stucco over stone house that is slowly becoming the house we envisioned when we moved in nine years ago. Thanks for coming to my blog, Bill. My old house has been both a joy and a royal pain. We moved in without knowing if we could get the coal furnace to work. But all the work has been worth it. I see all the new mcmansions going up everywhere, luxury homes that may be wonderful to live in, I really don’t know, but I see that they are all built with cheap materials, and am happy with our stucco over stone house that is slowly becoming the house we envisioned when we moved in nine years ago. Thanks for coming to my blog, Bill.

]]> By: Wallace-Midland Texas http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/25/sullivan-house/#comment-4635 Wallace-Midland Texas Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:59:34 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2005/07/23/sullivan-house/#comment-4635 After moving back to Midland from years in Dallas I eventually bought a home in the old neighborhood that I grew up in, only blocks from my folks who still live in the house where I was raised. Thankfully none of the old homes have been completely torn down and, in fact, many have been significantly remodeled. Many of the same families inhabit the neighborhood, including a great number of my folks friends who I've known for 45 years. It is great continuity. By the way, several friends and I used to own 320 acres in Palo Pinto Co. Our land was located 7 miles north of Gordon with Honey Creek as our north boundary. It was a beautiful place and a great country get away from the big city. We aptly named it the "Lazy Ass Ranch". After moving back to Midland from years in Dallas I eventually bought a home in the old neighborhood that I grew up in, only blocks from my folks who still live in the house where I was raised. Thankfully none of the old homes have been completely torn down and, in fact, many have been significantly remodeled. Many of the same families inhabit the neighborhood, including a great number of my folks friends who I’ve known for 45 years. It is great continuity.

By the way, several friends and I used to own 320 acres in Palo Pinto Co. Our land was located 7 miles north of Gordon with Honey Creek as our north boundary. It was a beautiful place and a great country get away from the big city. We aptly named it the “Lazy Ass Ranch”.

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