tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post115500610681520098..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: Home revisitedLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155248736399660462006-08-10T17:25:00.000-05:002006-08-10T17:25:00.000-05:00Randa: that absence of personality in so many new...Randa: that absence of personality in so many new houses is very sad. Cookie-cutter neighborhoods where only the landscaping is barely distinct.<BR/><BR/>But, looking at the pic of the beginnings of the neighborhood I grew up in - every house is the same and there's no persoanlity - it's the families that grow up in a home that distinguishes it in our memory.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155212603330784022006-08-10T07:23:00.000-05:002006-08-10T07:23:00.000-05:00What a sweet house you have! It looks cozy and inv...What a sweet house you have! It looks cozy and inviting.<BR/><BR/>I adore hearing stories about 'how things used to be'. Yet I get so sad about farmland filling up with structures with no personality or visible identity.Randahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01969068231933918163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155139479467024552006-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:002006-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:00Laura, as a kindred poster of family lore and old ...Laura, as a kindred poster of family lore and old photographs, I deeply appreciate this post. Our connections to people and to family places exist in the remembered past as well as the present - blend time, actually.GreenmanTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469571893477173508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155091930284140082006-08-08T21:52:00.000-05:002006-08-08T21:52:00.000-05:00You know, I'd been kind of thinking of this blog t...You know, I'd been kind of thinking of this blog thing as like scrapbooking, but without the glue and scissors, of course!<BR/><BR/>I've not been very good at journaling in my scrapbooks - it's mostly about the photos and layout of the page, the colors and patterns, etc. but think after developing the discipline of writing (something) every day I think I will be a better scrapbooker, if I ever get back to it.<BR/><BR/>Neat story about the secret spot in the closet Michelle. Did Morgan ever find it?LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155075491803458952006-08-08T17:18:00.000-05:002006-08-08T17:18:00.000-05:00What a lovely house you have Laura!I had no idea i...What a lovely house you have Laura!<BR/><BR/>I had no idea it was a family "heirloom". How cool is that! The house we live in now was owned by only one family and they stop by now and again. One of the daughters is severely learning disabled and I can tell it upsets her when we change things about the house and I feel bad. Neat thing though, she showed Morgan a secret hiding place in one of our closets that I would have never known was there. Her Dad had even put in a light for her. I had been wondering what the heck that light switch did LOL.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09831072486479007970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155075350100571412006-08-08T17:15:00.000-05:002006-08-08T17:15:00.000-05:00I like seeing the old photos, too. It is so nice w...I like seeing the old photos, too. It is so nice when your home has a history. And, by the way, this is scrapbooking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155035844393785192006-08-08T06:17:00.000-05:002006-08-08T06:17:00.000-05:00I spent my first 8 years in a house my parents bui...I spent my first 8 years in a house my parents built on Long Island in 1950. Those early post-war years must have been magical...so full of hope and opportunity.MojoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283343683800473324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155007708922912552006-08-07T22:28:00.000-05:002006-08-07T22:28:00.000-05:00Old photos are so much fun! Thanks for sharing!Old photos are so much fun! Thanks for sharing!Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1155006723210675702006-08-07T22:12:00.000-05:002006-08-07T22:12:00.000-05:00Your house looks happy. I like the color.And your...Your house looks happy. I like the color.<BR/>And your yard looks like you spend alot of time on it.<BR/>(Ours is taking on the look of an abandoned building...)it's been too hot to weed.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.com