Old Houses

Ok, we took one more trip out to Grand Island to my sister-in-laws house, to get some more things, and give the key to the Realtor. So her house will go on the market on Monday I guess. I'm sure she would love it if you can say a prayer or two, that her house sells quickly!

So needless to say, I didn't get a layout done today, so I thought I would share one of those poems I found in one of my books the other day. This one will kinda go with the fact that her old house just went on the market! LOL Does anyone have any pictures, that this would work with, so they could do a layout? I would have to do a search through my pictures and see if I could find any....maybe one of our heritage pictures. If anyone does a layout with this poem, I would love to see it!! Feel free to post a link to it, in the comment section!! (Or you could just use part of it too!)


Old Houses

I like old houses, with steps that sag,
And worn picket fences running zig-zag
Like little children playing tag.
Happy old houses, with thresholds worn thin,
By young ones and old ones who walked out and in.

I like old houses, that squat in the rain,
That have welcomed the years and sheltered the pain
Of knowing they wait for a loved one in vain.
Crazy old houses that bask in the sun,
Browned like a crusty, flaky bun.

I like old houses that patiently wait,
For a new friend's hand on the creaky gate-
Knowing that love is never to late.
Houses sagacious - like prophets of old;
Knowing so many things they never have told.

-- Jennie Romano

From the book called Poems that Touch the Heart Compiled by A. L. Alexander