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Last day this house is whole. This is the same property where the owner cut the tree down on Earth Day. It was originally built in the 20's, and used to be the offices for Standard Oil - Huntington Beach being founded on the oil in the area, so there's a bit of city history behind it. I'm not sure when it was converted to a home, but it has been so for a very long time. The previous owner unfortunately had to sell it to cover his son's bout's in rehab; finally the son went to jail (again) and the parents split up. The new owner, after swearing he wasn't going to tear it down, decided he had to have another McMansion like every other new person who moves into this neighborhood -already started in the backyard - he had to wait until the tenant he was renting the house to move out to start the front.

It's not a fancy house, but it's older than two other city buildings nearby that are on County and National Historic Registers. I'm very sad about this.

Old Standard Oil House
Huntington Beach CA
Canon EOS 1000D
2 June 2009

( Also, weird clouds... )

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Last day this house is whole. This is the same property where the owner cut the tree down on Earth Day. It was originally built in the 20's, and used to be the offices for Standard Oil - Huntington Beach being founded on the oil in the area, so there's a bit of city history behind it. I'm not sure when it was converted to a home, but it has been so for a very long time. The previous owner unfortunately had to sell it to cover his son's bout's in rehab; finally the son went to jail (again) and the parents split up. The new owner, after swearing he wasn't going to tear it down, decided he had to have another McMansion like every other new person who moves into this neighborhood -already started in the backyard - he had to wait until the tenant he was renting the house to move out to start the front.

It's not a fancy house, but it's older than two other city buildings nearby that are on County and National Historic Registers. I'm very sad about this.

Old Standard Oil House
Huntington Beach CA
Canon EOS 1000D
2 June 2009

( Also, weird clouds... )

quote of a quote...

Wil Wheaton quoted a friend yesterday:

My friend Otis wrote, "I’m in one of those stupid cycles where nothing is quite interesting enough for a blog post. I’m not getting out much for obvious reasons and home life is fairly rote (except for the parts that aren’t)."

He identified with him, and boy, I sure do too. Except I haven't got the excuse that I've been working on a book. Writing yes, but just stuff about the thresher shark fishery and summarizing data and regulation updates; hardly creative, but I feel like I've been blocked even at that. I've barely taken any photos the last couple of weeks, and drawing? Fugetaboutit. I've pulled out my tablet a couple of times, but wind up deleting everything after a couple of scribbles. I'm terribly, terribly boring.

Can't seem to write much unless I have a photo to prompt me lately. Sorry. Maybe you might want to give me a prompt?

quote of a quote...

Wil Wheaton quoted a friend yesterday:

My friend Otis wrote, "I’m in one of those stupid cycles where nothing is quite interesting enough for a blog post. I’m not getting out much for obvious reasons and home life is fairly rote (except for the parts that aren’t)."

He identified with him, and boy, I sure do too. Except I haven't got the excuse that I've been working on a book. Writing yes, but just stuff about the thresher shark fishery and summarizing data and regulation updates; hardly creative, but I feel like I've been blocked even at that. I've barely taken any photos the last couple of weeks, and drawing? Fugetaboutit. I've pulled out my tablet a couple of times, but wind up deleting everything after a couple of scribbles. I'm terribly, terribly boring.

Can't seem to write much unless I have a photo to prompt me lately. Sorry. Maybe you might want to give me a prompt?