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Totally Incompatible
Image by virtualDavis via Flickr My fixer-upper forays with Bruce and other local realtors evolved when Susan joined the search. She shared my dream of an old farmhouse surrounded by open meadows with...
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Mary Wade’s Rosslyn
Rosslyn, Essex on Lake Champlain (Painted by Mary Wade) My bride refers to herself as “Mama” to our Labrador Retriever, Griffin. It’s always struck me as a bit goofy, preferring, I suppose, to think of...
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Rosslyn’s American Mink
I few evenings ago I remembered that I’d left my iPhone on the runabout, so I headed down to the waterfront before dinner to grab it. As I stepped out onto the dock, I noticed an energetic mink...
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My fixer-upper forays with Bruce Ware and other local realtors evolved when Susan joined the search. She shared my dream of an old farmhouse surrounded by open meadows with views and sunlight. She...
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Mary Wade’s Rosslyn Art
[caption id="attachment_939" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Rosslyn, Essex on Lake Champlain (Painted by Mary Wade)[/caption] My bride refers to herself as "Mama" to our Labrador Retriever, Griffin....
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I few evenings ago I remembered that I’d left my iPhone on the runabout, so I headed down to the waterfront before dinner to grab it. As I stepped out onto the dock, I noticed an energetic mink...
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Rosslyn in Essex on Lake Champlain
Note: The following Rosslyn excerpts originally appeared in "Rosslyn" (Essex on Lake Champlain, February 26, 2013) and "Rosslyn Boathouse" (Essex on Lake Champlain, February 27, 2013). [caption id=""...
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Katie Shepard posted this vintage photograph of the steam yacht Kestrel on the Essex blog recently to see if anyone could identify the vessel, the boathouse, the men on the pier, the approximate year,...
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Favored by Fortune: Sherwood Inn Flashback
Rosslyn has been reinvigorated (even reinvented) many times over its two century history on Essex, New York's Merchant Row. But beyond all others, the mother lode of artifacts and memories of this...
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Horse Stall Haiku
[caption id="attachment_8022" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Carriage house horse stall door (Source: Geo Davis)[/caption] Horse Stall Haiku Carriage house stall door,pockmarked, patinated, but...
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Boathouse Repairs 1: Gangway Reboot
Boathouse Gangway Reboot (Source: R.P. Murphy) Just a quick update for you this evening highlighting Rosslyn’s boathouse gangway reboot. The good news, no, the *great* news, is that the boathouse...
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Old House, New Home
[caption id="attachment_9698" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Old House, New Home (Source: Geo Davis)[/caption] I’ve lived much, perhaps even *most* of my life in old houses. With the exception of...
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Remembering Mary Wade
I received heartbreaking news this morning that dear friend and accomplished folk artist, Mary Wade has passed away. Mary was a remarkable woman with a huge heart and sense of humor, a vast memory, and...
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Rosslyn & Reinvention
Hyde Gate (aka Rosslyn) in Essex, New York (Illustration by Kate Boesser for All My Houses, By Sally Lesh) Reinvention is woven intricately, inextricably into Rosslyn’s DNA. This home, this property,...
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Kestrel at Rosslyn Boathouse
This evening I return to a nostalgic snapshot steeped in the sepia tones of yesteryear. An artifact from our Rosslyn collection, this old photo was featured on February 24, 2014 in the Essex Community...
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