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Bekah wrote: "Valley Stream I believe Atumn.My grandparents owned a brownstone on Dean Street forever!! Bought it in like 1968-1970...recently sold it for a mint!! I wish we had kept in the family though...l..."
U were almost born in queens!! :)! Valley Stream is quite beautiful.. specially the part that nears northern queens..
ohhh thats so sad... i love the Brownstones houses!!
Connecticut has beautiful houses tho!
Atumn wrote: "OHH MYY SO SO SO many New Yorkers!!!! PS: upstate is soo beautiful.. i can prodly say that i have b..."
I am in Western NY...I have to agree with you Atumn it is a very pretty area! I've lived here all my life. On the same street in fact, never moved far!
Heidi wrote: "Atumn wrote: "OHH MYY SO SO SO many New Yorkers!!!! PS: upstate is soo beautiful.. i can prodly say that i have b..."
I am in Western NY...I have to agree with you Atumn it is a very pre..."
thats nice!! I loved.. West NY i loved Chitaqua county which where i traveled most .. st James and so forth.. beautifull.!!! Angelica Town was magically historical.. i looked like a mad woman from the city maxing my cards buying vintage victorian stuff!! one of my favorite trips.. i also went to Lily Dale. (for work) and it was lovely as well..!!
All my fellow NYers are right here. I love it :)
Atumn wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Atumn wrote: "OHH MYY SO SO SO many New Yorkers!!!! PS: upstate is soo beautiful.. i can prodly say that i have b..."
I am in Western NY...I have to agree with you Atumn it is a ..."
hey Atumn, I assume you mean Chautauqua County
its just south of my by about 30-45 minutes. Angelic is very pretty indeed. I love all the old vintage victorian stuff. My house is Victorian, built pre 1880 and I got it on teh State and National Historic registar a few years back.
ooh, Heidi...awesome! Have you shared pics before? I love old Victorian homes...
Heidi wrote: "Atumn wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Atumn wrote: "OHH MYY SO SO SO many New Yorkers!!!! PS: upstate is soo beautiful.. i can prodly say that i have b..."
I am in Western NY...I have to agree wit..."
yes!!! Chautaqua! sorry i spelled it wrong.. yeah, what a beautiful county that was!! and i agree with Bekah, it would be lovely to see pics!! :)
this was our first snow last winter...
This one is from afew years ago.
oh...how beautiful!!!!!!! It must be so nice reading romances in a place like that!!!
Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "brrrr!"Hahaha, seems I only take pics of the house when it snows!
I live in MI. Definitely a 4-season state.
[image error]I hope this works- this is my little town.
Wow! Mshj, where do you live again, and uh..is there a guest room????That's beautiful!
Heidi, that is soooo beautiful. I love how wintery and romantic your house looks. I would love to curl up and read a book there.Mshj, that looks like my kind of town. I'm a city girl for sure but I can see all the potential of living there.
ohh my!!!!!!!@ Heidi: Yup! just like the houses i remembered them: lovely!!!!!
@MSHJ: jesus.. what a nice place!! we have harbors here in Long Island.. but only good for the spring or mid summer.. :( the rest of the time is either stinky or very cold!! lol..
E. wrote: "That's so nice, Mshj! So beautiful."Thank you all- it isn't mine- I just happen to live here! I moved down to join my partner 11 years ago. It is in many ways a wonderful place- stunning setting, close community etc It reminds me a little of what I think that LK is trying to give the impression of Friday Harbour as being. Anyway- it is in England, in the far South West- called Dartmouth.
Oh what gorgeous photos - almost fairytale houses in the snow!I live just outside London. We're lucky because it's quite a green area, some allotments just over the road and lots of gardens and verges, but the houses are quite crammed together.
I'd love to post a photo but not sure how to do it.
Any one able to tell me how to download a photo into the comments box?
Grace x
These are pictures of Penarth Marina, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales where I live.
My great grandma was from Pontrhydyfen, Wales, which is north of Port Talbot. I would love to go there some day and still have family in the area.
Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "My great grandma was from Pontrhydyfen, Wales, which is north of Port Talbot. I would love to go there some day and still have family in the area."Megan, Wales is a lovely country if you ever get the chance to visit. My husband (who is Welsh by birth) tells me that Richard Burton was born in Pontrhydyfen!
He is a relation to me! lol. I'm not directly descended from him, but I think it was my great grandma that was his cousin, or his fathers cousin. Its all a blur, I need to look at family tree to be sure. All I remember for sure is that my Great Grandma use to visit him in New York every few years before she went to Wales to visit family.
I knew a lot of my family history and my dad and grandma were talking about Richard Burton a few weeks ago, and I was thinking "I've heard family stories my whole life, how was this not mentioned to me before?" LOL
Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "I knew a lot of my family history and my dad and grandma were talking about Richard Burton a few weeks ago, and I was thinking "I've heard family stories my whole life, how was this not mentioned t..."Megan, now you can boast to everyone on Goodreads that you are related to Richard Burton! LOL
I'm in the process of trying to do research on that side of my family, learning about their culture and lives. I recently joined the Wales and Welsh Group on goodreads, http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1... so I can get book recommendations and what not.
Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "I'm in the process of trying to do research on that side of my family, learning about their culture and lives.I'm tempted to make a sheep joke but I'll resist.
BTW- Welsh genealogy is quite difficult because of the nature of the names originating from the patriachal forename so lots of people have the same name but aren't related. I expect you already know that Megan.
Mshj wrote: "Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "I'm in the process of trying to do research on that side of my family, learning about their culture and lives.I'm tempted to make a sheep joke but I'll resist.
BT..."
Yes. it is difficult, but luckily my ancestors were pretty good about documenting things and passing them on. Its still a process though.
I'm so jealous of you, Tess!! I've wanted to visit there ever since I read Kleypas's Texas-trilogy. Maybe some day...I think I'm the only one (at the moment) from Scandinavia... Yep, I'm from Helsinki, Finland and the spring has finally arrived!!!
You've got to read them!!! They are simply awesome and yes, the are set in Texas, Houston actually. If you love her historicals, I'm sure you will love her contempts =)I'm really excited because the weather forecast said that next week should be warm, like 22C... YAY!!
My grandparents owned a brownstone on Dean Street forever!! Bought it in like 1968-1970...recently sold it for a mint!! I wish we had kept in the family though...loved that house!