The monster house under the huge oak tree, where the two little houses used to be, has been completed. It's an unusually pretty house, with a curve in the roof of the eave over the entrance - which is already collecting a gutter-clogging load of leaves. I'm worried for the oak tree. The house is too close, and they cut into the roots to lay the irrigation system for the tiny front yard. The groundcover plants are already getting kicked out in the strip next to the street.
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