Walking east on Fleming past the library there seem to be dozens of little lanes heading off into the wilderness of Key West's green gardens. Nassau Lane is well marked and obvious, and trafficked too:
It's
that time of year when parcels make their journeys across country. As much as key West wants sometimes to be an offshore island we do enjoy having access to all those fripperies delivered to one's door. I nearly bought a house here with my wife when we were looking back in 2004.
I'm exaggerating a bit. This place didn't look nearly so nice back then but he had asked to see the least
expensive listing to start our search. This place came in at $175,000, a few hundred square feet with an outside
balcony upstairs and a sleeping "alcove" off the main living room. It reminded my wife of her student digs in San Francisco's mission district when she was studying law, concave floors and all. We readjusted our sights a little higher. The lane is pretty though:
The usual mixture of well to do restored and massive:
And the
unrestored funky and original, which gives Key West it's old town flavor:
A bit of early spring cleaning underway perhaps or someone moving in or moving out. Homes tend to be small in Key West so when it's time to rearrange the furniture for whatever reason it generally has to go out in the road in front of God and Everybody, as there aren't massive suburban garages around here to hide one's stuff:
The resident cat looking imperious as usual:
And look here what do we have. Why I do
believe its the beginnings of a lawn. It may not look like much but it caught my eye:
I don't miss snow or frost or seasons or any of that kind of stuff. But a nice sun warmed lawn is a fine thing
to be able to lay down on and look up at the clouds floating by. I do miss a nice piece of lawn from time to time.
Nassau Lane at Christmas, which you would only know
thanks to the garlanded house at the corner:
I wonder if I would still like Key West had we wedged ourselves, mortgage free, into that tiny little shoe box on Nassau Lane?
Walking east on Fleming past the library there seem to be dozens of little lanes heading off into the wilderness of Key West's green gardens. Nassau Lane is well marked and obvious, and trafficked too:
4 comments:
Conch - Excellent point about the lawn. If memory serves, what passed for lawns in my in-law's Stewart, FL neighborhood felt like scrap metal on the bare feet. Still, better that than getting sand in ones hair while looking at clouds.
Nice post - I always enjoy your pictures, as they bring out the lushness of your area. Even on those streets where the houses seem to be built right next to each other, the palms and the other plants seem to pay no mind and make great use of the space they have.
sometimes smaller is better. Used to be in the "old days" (like, last year) it meant something if you had an Escalade or Expedition, now if you drive a small car you are considered smart. Today if I see an Escalade beside me I wonder how stupid that driver is, wasting all of our resources.
That little house looks great. Too bad funds don't allow us to have a "little Shoebox" of our own in Key West too.
Unrestored, funky, and orginal, I continue to give our town it's flavor!
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