I suppose I know my house better than just about anybody. At least three other families have lived there since it was built in 1914, but we have lived there since 1996. I remember pretty vividly the day I went to see it when the previous owner was having an open house. The first thing I noticed was the enormous tree in the front yard. I grew up in an area with lots of very tall oak trees, and went to college in a city with wonderful wooded parks. Montgomery seemed pretty treeless to me when I first moved here. A whole different ecosystem. So the tree in the front yard of this potential house was a big draw. Also I had seen the Miyazaki movie Princess Mononoke pretty recently and one of my favorite parts featured the kodama, little spirits that inhabit big old trees in the heart of the forest. Their health was an indicator of the health of tree and the health of the forest. So the tree had a lot of signifigance to me even before I got inside the house. When I got inside the house the first thing I saw was the marble mantle over the fireplace. That evoked The Serapeum, my group of friends that met for book discussions and so much more. I had visions of a library! The walls were dark red. I was in love.
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