We shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us. - Winston Churchill

That includes cardboard houses, too.

Replica of the house on 5th Street.

Back view. We had a fig tree in our backyard.

The front door. Yes, it was actually pink in the 60's.

Caters window gazing.

And now the Strawberry Shortcake House. 

Back View

Side View

Yesterday the girls wanted to play neighbors.  I pulled the houses out and they lived and played side by side for a time. Very friendly and neighborly like. Until they started to fight. Very sisterly like.

still missed.

Happy Birthday, dear Dad.

His life was gentle, and the elements

So mixed in him that Nature might stand up

And say to all the world, "This was a man."

William Shakespeare