Another House and Garden in Joyce's Neighborhood

On the same walk during which we discovered Joyce's garden, we came across this cool home that reminded us a bit of the Munster's house.





Not being brave enough to knock on the door and ask to see the inside garden, I just snapped a few shots from the sidewalk.

 O.K. I may have gone up a couple of steps to get these shots of some of the beds overflowing with Dahlias (roses beyond.)


The side of the house is equally interesting.  Because of the big porch on this side,we wondered if this was originally the front of the house, the original house being exclusively this part.  Often houses were built and in subsequent years, additional parts would be added.  Although, it's a bit unusual to have a chimney on the front of a house and side porches were also common.  If you scroll back up, it's entirely possible that the current front entrance, turret, and the rest of the house were a later addition. Maybe not.

Love the sempervivum on th sides of the concrete steps.  I'm trying to get mine to do this but the soil there is very poor, in blazing sun, and gets very little water.  Maybe I'll try small agaves instead.