I love the old houses in Old North Davis, that historic neighbourhood just above 5th Street that I cycle through on my way home. This little on on D Street is so pretty with all the colourful flowers around it. I like to refer to the brilliant John Lofland book “Old North Davis” where he details the history of most of the buildings in these few blocks. If I’m right, this one is at 516 D (p.121 of his book) and was built in 1920, and the book shows a picture of original residents the Vansell family outside with a much-less developed neighbourhood behind. I think this is the one anyway. There’s a For Sale sign outside; I actually saw this house on Zillow too, and it is going for the price of just over a million bucks! It’s not as small as it looks from out here, but a million smackeroos, whew. Who knew D Street is the new Bishop’s Avenue. That’s inflation for you. For example, looking at the chart on Zillow, it was worth less than half of that at the same time I bought my own house in north Davis. What a pretty place though, and historic. The neighbours around there generally keep the places looking nice. I know from my own small weed-strewn back yard how hard that can be sometimes. I think I’d want a garage for a million big ones though. And a butler too, and a giraffe. At least we have the carport here, to keep the car shaded from this Davis sunshine (and the trees dropping massive pine cones down) (and the occasional tree as well). I wonder sometimes, if I’m here long enough, will I sketch everywhere that is in Lofland’s book? Maybe.