of houses and pictures of them

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we did the walk-through and lease signing at the new house this morning before work. we got our keys. once the leasing agent left, kirk and i walked all through the house again, opening every cupboard and drawer of the built-ins, exploring the gardens (kohlrabi, sunflowers, rosemary), taking pictures (will post later). i had a hard time leaving it -- i have such an intense love for its bones and quirks. the way the cupboards in the stairwell are double-hinged just so to pass behind the lightbulb overhead.

we will move in and sleep there for the first time tomorrow.

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i walked around at lunch and took a thousand pictures of the campus to put up in the frames i had hung in my office. i have to pick four that harmonize as a group, plus one to be a modern counterpoint to the old one i picked out from the archives:


(the manor house, 1948, from lc digital collections)

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[ oh, dearest, i am so pleased that you got this house! it sounds lovely. you shall have to send me your new address so that i might, at long last, send your (terribly overdue) wedding present, and soon it will be time for a christmas parcel, too. that manor house is so beautiful. i'd love to see the pictures you took of the campus. ]

xo.