D.O.P.-T. (yesterday)

The Easter lily in my bedroom is trying to flower again, and there is new growth on the ivy. Meanwhile this week seems to be bringing even more of the drunk/high/crackpot kind of customer. I guess in this climate the mad March hares thing happens earlier, too.

D.O.P.-T.

The houses facing the park on the north are one of the earliest post-war tracts; more and more are getting altered or simply replaced, but they are three-bedroomers with ample yards (into which some have been extended back) and square picture windows looking out onto the porch. The developer made the unfortunate choice of planting a saucer magnolia in each front yard, which means the huge leathery leaves make lawns impossible. A house with the original floorplan and single bathroom plus a sun-room, but with tacky "Federal" updating, has just gone on the market ... for $1.7 mill.