On a recent walk around the blocks surrounding the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle, a recently painted house caught my eye.
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Two recently painted houses, in fact, next door to each other and the same exact color.
The way they sat, their architectural style, the way their roofs sat and lined up … Even though the one to the left was way bigger and the one to the right was almost an after thought, I couldn’t get one concept out of my mind.
The fit together.
Back in the day, I have a feeling, these two houses were one. And somebody split them apart, moved the little guy off a bit to create another dwelling, and there came freedom and independence.
Do you think these two houses were once one? If so, do you think they moved the little one to the right, or removed a section from the middle? Or am I just imagining things and they were built in different years by different builders?
Mark Bialczak 
Sometimes I dream of splitting my house in two and leaving the children in their own wing.
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Ha! This is the perfect comment for this post, Scott. Really. Indeed.
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we used to see this a lot in California – where the real estate was so high. In Los Gatos, right in back of us – the folks sold their driveway in the alley and a builder put a house on there – we watched it get finished and it sold in a matter of hours…. anyhow, this looks like maybe original in-law sweet – which I love…. xoxo
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Interesting concept, house on a driveway selling in hours, Y. That’s hot property. Yow. This here could be an in-law job still, for all we know. ❤
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thanks for the reply – and did you get my email marky Mark?
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I did, Y. I just reworked my chapter and sent it to you.
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awesome amigo – and in an upcoming post (later tonight) I am also linking your State Fair post and that photo of the beach boys – hope you do not mind – 🙂
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Thank you, Y. I just approved the linkage, dear friend. ❤
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Thx and good day to you amigo
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Smoothest divorce ever? Last ditch attempt to save a marriage? So many possibilities.
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I think they used to be two houses with different owners. The bigger house owner’s son/daughter who’s married, bought the little house next door so he/she could have dinner every night at mom’s place.
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Hey that is a possibility. I think they’re cute together. Like a Papa looking over the kid.
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Maybe a mother-in-law apartment ? It happens, or so I hear. ☺
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i think they were certainly part of at least the same family. perhaps one used to be a garage, or a smaller house for a young couple who were part of the family? my little cottage is one of 5 houses, varying in size and very closely placed together. we each have rather odd sized and shaped yards, and one of my older neighbors told me that the family began with one house, his, which is the largest of our bunch. after that, they split up their land and built small houses for others in the family as they became adults and began their own families. a mini compound of sorts )
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Ha! They sure look like they were together once. Fun post Mark.
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I took this walk a while ago and posted for the future, thankfully, Paul.
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