A lot of people who live in the Houston suburbs spend their whole lives outside the 610 Loop. Some of them incorrectly think that The Compound is in a crime-ridden, concrete nightmare, because we are about 1.5 miles from downtown Houston. In fact, here’s a view of the Houston skyline from the ‘hood:
Today I have a screaming headache and can’t work. Since Rex is always ready for a ride, Tim loaded him, Rex’s unfriends Margot and Guinness, and me into the car. (Like Miranda in THE DEAL, I enjoy riding around and looking at houses.) I shot photos of just a tiny sampling of some of the homes in our neighborhood. Because of the waning sunlight, we couldn’t get photos of the well-shaded bungalows and mansions. That will have to wait for another day. But here’s a little bit of Montrose. Among these houses is one that our friend Lindsey used to live in.
How nice! Now you just need to drive by at night when the lights are on so we can see inside. (Is that legal?)
Legal? Probably not. Dammit.
lovely! What a great idea to take photos of the neighboring houses. I love that for some reason.
When we go to Bob’s parents next week, I think I will do that too. Here, our neighbors across the road are so different. One is an old horse farm, the other is a run down crazy Fred man’s place complete with donkey in the front yard. A real donkey, too. Hum. Maybe I will go out today and snap those photos.
I love how your mind works.
I did try to photo shop out all house numbers, just for some degree of privacy.
But I always love to see photos of people’s environments.
some of those little houses are SUPER CUTE!
i luv the rock on the next to the last house – more houses should be made of such.
It’s my dream to one day live in a rock house again.
sigh…if only there were ski slopes in Texas…
Awwww… my Maryland house! I miss that house! Oh, and I loooove what they did with the new landscaping and fence. =)
These photos are so lovely! Thank you for sharing some of your neighbourhood.