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r neighborhood it s a slightly overcast day with no breeze even the refreshing afternoon sea breeze from the gulf of mexico has not blown in today it s peaceful almost too peaceful goose bumps running up your arm peaceful as if something big but not pleasant was about to happen but i know nothing is going to happen because we re all on semi lockdown outside there s hardly a sound no traffic noise no cars on the street no people no laughing conversations no dogs barking i was out front tending my flower pots when i suddenly became aware of how loud the quiet was it was profound typically there are always neighbors out walking by and we end up chatting social distance style but today there is no one it seems so eerie i can feel a chill tip toe down my spine it s probably sweat from working in the garden but it s a very cold sweat the stillness is un nerving i decide to walk around our streets to see if anybody is outside we live in a very social community with friendly neighbors and interweaving streets we even have a village circle that everyone strolls around today not a soul was on the village circle i saw one man walking his dog down the street the man wore a protective mask over his face and shouted a muffled hi there to me from across the street then i saw a sweet neighbor lady quietly sitting relaxing in her lovely flower filled front yard we chatted for a bit from a distance a little further along i saw 6 people on 6 chairs in one front lawn every one of them had on a protective face mask blue plastic gloves and they were all seated at least 6 feet apart one of them was trying to smoke a cigarette with her mask on i walked on and saw nobody else in the entire community so apparently most folks in our community are keeping their distance and for some reason today neighbors are especially hunkered down the stillness is real it s kinda weird the utter silence is unusual it s unsettling and at the same time it s almost spiritual it s calming in the midst of all this covid 19 chaos the silent tranquility is welcoming i m just not used to it but it s all to protect ourselves and our neighbors somebody once wrote stillness of the heart is the healing of your soul maybe so let s pray the entire world heals quickly sphere related content 0 comments click here to comment forward this post to a friend click here saturday july 11 2015 geriatric diy posted by boomer pie this just in unsubstantiated reports have surfaced regarding the whereabouts of an elderly grandmother active facebook member popular boomer pie blogger and avid photographer who goes by the name of mar ce she s been missing from fb for months and has been mostly unaccounted for and forgotten in real life as well her absence has gone unnoticed until recently her lack of regular fb status updates aroused concern by none other than the facebook administration itself who this week posted an urgent alert to her fb page announcing that she has not posted in 53 days anonymous sources have just leaked shocking news concerning mar ce s whereabouts their story purports to shed light on her sudden and odd disappearance according to sources mar ce and her husband jack have been holed up on the gulf coast of florida rehabbing a condo they bought this summer they are safe but hot sweaty and nearing exhaustion rehabbing a condo in the savage florida heat at their age has friends shaking their heads in disbelief have they gone mad they re crazy old loons to be doing all that work by themselves opined one source according to sources mar ce wanted a big challenging project to keep them busy now that they re both retired though the couple is advanced in years friends say jack is super handy and mar ce is creative and fun with a flair for interior design a diy project would seem to be right up their alley the couple has been relentlessly cleaning priming and painting all the ceilings all the walls the doors woodwork and even all the furniture that came with the condo a tragedy nearly ensued when the popcorn ceiling in the guest bathroom unexpectedly caved in no one was injured but jack had to replaster the entire ceiling in another bizarre incident sources divulge that after hand painting over 2000 individual slats two thousand in multi sets of louvered doors mar ce went berserk fueled by paint fumes she had a semi gloss meltdown and ripped out the last remaining set of louvered doors threw them in the grass and stomped them to pieces neighbors could hear her screaming no more louvers no more louvers no more louvers that s just crazy they re way too old to be working that hard says an un named source the couple spent weeks installing all new toilets by themselves new sinks new light fixtures ceiling fans new faucets new window treatments that takes a whole lot of time but apparently the worst part is cleaning all the opf in the place opf other people s filth records indicate the condo was previously owned by a trio of aging hippies who were ill and had not taken care of the place mar ce had to bleach and sanitize and scrub down everything three times over they say she used so much bleach that it went to her head literally it s been disclosed that now mar ce no longer has to go to the hairdresser to get her hair dyed blonde her hair follicles sucked up all the bleach permanently she always was a ditzy blonde and now she s even ditzier jokes another friend evidence suggests that the couple has not yet finished refurbishing the condo they are now working on renovating the kitchen a neighbor describes the kitchen as bad ass ugly and seriously outdated as in the 70s called they want their harvest gold back the couple will replace all the old harvest gold appliances with stainless steel ones none of the old appliances work the kitchen is useless except for water from the sink it s reported that mar ce has resorted to hand crafting artisan sandwiches for meals all this time there is talk of her opening a gourmet sandwich shop once the condo rehab is complete further information has surfaced that the couple has been extra busy painting the kitchen ceiling and all the walls they ll refinish all the original dingy brown cabinets in fresh bright white paint and add snazzy chrome hardware jack s also building a pantry renovating the laundry room necessary chores include reworking the plumbing and electrical installing a modern new faucet and a new garbage disposal it all takes up lots of time they ve got a few more weeks of work on the kitchen but things are slowly taking shape jack assembles cabinets and yet sources claim the project is still not complete there s a charming enclosed private courtyard off the kitchen that mar ce intends to landscape hand lay brick pavers plant flowers and add some comfy outdoor chairs that will take more time to finish finally there s an inviting screened in porch off the living room just waiting to be hosed down cleaned up painted and decked out with island style furniture they haven t had time to get to the porch yet a local realtor claims there s a wild rumor that hgtv has approached the aging couple about doing a series geriatric diy a friend snorts with laughter the elderly couple has declined any personal interviews but neighbors say the couple has been working non stop from sun up to sundown for months only taking off on sundays to relax with their daughter and grandchildren who live nearby mar ce has been incommunicado for weeks nobody s heard from her at all friends hope the couple doesn t hurt themselves with all the strenuous physical labor word is that jack slipped and fell flat on his side on the kitchen tile thankfully he didn t break any bones mar ce is nearing total exhaustion she injured her shoulder from over exerting herself with all that painting and cleaning neighbors often mistake her for a construction worker since she s always in her grungy work clothes yet they still keep plugging away they want to get all the work done and the condo all spruced up so that when they return in the winter they can just relax and enjoy themselves in their golden years if they haven t killed themselves before then scoffs a friend what a couple of wacky old coots doing all this back breaking hard work at their age good grief what are they thinking well you gotta admit they re spunky old goats says another friend not many people their age would be physically able to tackle such difficult home improvement challenges by themselves eyewitness sightings confirm that the couple s condo has a bright open beachy bungalow vibe with lots of natural light it s in a friendly community on a pretty lake the swimming pool area and the lushly landscaped grounds resemble a tropical resort there s an active clubhouse for parties along with a fun gazebo that overlooks the lake for happy hours so if mar ce and jack ever get all the work done they ll be sipping margaritas in their sunny sleek freshly revived winter get away several un named friends poke each other and muse wonder if they ll invite us to come and visit for a few weeks next winter they re such a sweet old couple sphere related content 5 comments click here to comment forward this post to a friend click here tuesday august 26 2014 my mother s house posted by boomer pie today i took a trip back in time back 86 years to be precise i didn t need a time machine all i needed was a house key and a real estate agent with the help of those two components i was instantly transported into another era back to an unseen period of my ancestral family history it turns out that the enchanting old house that once belonged to my maternal grandmother and grandfather and lived in by them along with my own mother and her five brothers and sisters 86 years ago is up for sale my grandparents john and cecelia grotenrath built the charming tudor style home in 1928 at the time the house was built the area consisted mostly of fields and vast forested plots it was an up and coming desirable new neighborhood today the house is nestled on a pleasant tree shaded quiet street in a modest income residential neighborhood over the years i ve walked by this house many times i always wanted to take a peek inside but the opportunity never arose the yard usually seemed well tended but we never saw any evidence that people actually lived there today the house is vacant abandoned the elderly seller has moved away yet even now 86 years since it was built the house remains fascinating from the outside red brick construction with tudor style architecture decorative half timbering gracefully arched windows and a steeply pitched roof give it the look of a quaint english cottage a colossal oak tree planted by my grandparents towers over the front yard the realtor unlocked the heavy solid mahogany front door the very same front door that my grandparents excitedly opened when they first crossed the threshold 86 years ago my husband and i stepped inside suddenly we found ourselves catapulted backward into the year 1928 incredibly the interior is almost exactly as it would have looked nearly a century ago i could not believe my eyes what an astonishing time warp after all these years and a multitude of owners it was painfully obvious that very little updating remodeling or maintenance had been done to the house the house seemed exactly the way it might have looked when my mother and her family lived there sadly the once beautiful home is in distress and disrepair it s literally falling apart decades of encrusted grime gaping holes peeling plaster rotting wood ancient plumbing and dangerous electrical wiring reveal a home in wretched demise it has not been well cared for perhaps not well loved all the walls look like they had not been painted in fifty years maybe longer surprisingly the kitchen and bathrooms retain many of the original cabinets and fixtures i shined my flashlight up toward the ceiling behind the doors and into the corners even the cobwebs looked one hundred years old it was surreal my grandmother had wonderful design sensibilities as did my grandfather together they must have spent an extraordinary amount of time designing this house so many years ago amazingly the magnificent original architectural features chosen by my grandparents still remain gently curving cove ceilings give height to the interior rooms dramatic multi paned arched windows highlight the staircase landing handsome etched glass doors framed in beautiful mahogany wood stand tall and stately throughout the entire home not a single glass panel was broken in any of the doors the narrow planked maple wood floors glow with a golden patina from nearly a century of wear classic french doors lead out from the dining room to the back yard the extra wide mahogany staircase radiates a classic refinement with its shapely hand tooled spindles not a single spindle missing or broken as i gazed at the lovely staircase i noticed how the deep mahogany color had faded in sections on each step delineating where countless footsteps had trudged up and down every day for 86 years in my mind s eye i visualized my mother who is now 93 years old as a vivacious young girl along with her fun loving siblings racing down the stairs every morning to eat breakfast before walking the short distance to their elementary school in the spacious living room the original wood burning fireplace still remains surrounded by a simple yet gracious mantle i envisioned the family on cold winter nights huddled around the hearth telling stories or listening to the radio i pictured my young aunts and uncles playing hide and seek in the cubby hole storage spaces that line the lower walls of the upstairs bedrooms i imagined my grandmother s pretty dinner plates in the custom made niches off the dining room this was a well built house sturdy structurally sound a thoughtfully planned home with loving attention to detail and constructed with solid top quality materials it was hardly a mansion yet it was a home of distinction for the times it even has sizable clothes closets back then most ordinary homes were not outfitted with built in closets a needless extravagance i m guessing this house must have cost my grandparents a small fortune back in 1928 especially factoring in all the wonderful decorative details they were not a rich couple they were not flamboyant or pretentious they were staunch and determined and always hard working growing up my grandmother led a harsh and often sorrow filled childhood by the time they moved into their new home my grandfather had become a successful businessman my feisty grandmother was 37 years old and a devoted mother of six rambunctious children my own mother was about 7 years old they were a boisterous happy family living in the home of their dreams two years after they settled into the house the great depression devastated the entire country i recall my mother telling me that she had only two dresses to wear to school for an entire year her mother sewed them for her yet somehow my gr...