Jensen House Article
One of the wonderful things about living in an old house is the history that comes with it. Every now and then I learn something that deepens my mental image of what life was like living here before Bill and I and our two girls moved here in 1987. This past week the Portage County Gazette (pcgazette.com) featured a story by Tom Jensen. The article was entitled, "Jensen family home provided enough space for mischief." The article by Tom was well written and gave a pretty good picture of the life of a young man growing up in a big old house like this and the kinds of things kids get into. Without getting into parphrasing the whole article, lets suffice to say that one of the paragraphs explained an incident that included grass snakes in the peach bathtub. I wish I would have known this before I took all those relaxing bubble baths in this oversized tub. Well, too late now. The tub was part of our last renovation project and is no more. Maybe a good thing. I don't think I'd enjoy a bubble bath knowing snakes had been in my tub.
Tom, thanks for sharing your stories.
Tom, thanks for sharing your stories.
Labels: bubble baths, gazette, Portage County, snakes, tub
posted by Dreams of Yesteryear @ 7:16 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
I own a 1906 Victorian Bed and Breakfast in Texas and I completely agree with you. These old houses can really take you back in time. It's such a wonderful feeling to use your imagination and think of what it must have been list so many years ago.
At 3:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Up here in Alaska, there aren't many b&b's located in buildings steeped in history. We envy you for that. Most of our history is far too recent and is of the rough and tumble frontier variety. But we don't have snakes! Not a one. We do have mosquitoes though. And some have been known to deflate a small dog within minutes. :o) Okay, maybe a slight exaggeration. But we do have our wildlife and scenic vistas.
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