I forgot about this until today. Its fascinating the detail and precision on those statues. When I was younger, I fabricated and installed granite countertops. Even with modern tools and machines it takes a while to polish the stone. I cannot imagine what went into polishing a statue with such...
Same house as the other account. My grandmother's brother died of appendicitis when he was 5 or 6 in the front formal parlor.
When my sister was dating her now husband, he came to pick her up for a date and of course had to wait for her to get ready.
As he was waiting, he saw something out...
When I was 21, I moved in with my dad for a short period. (My parents divorced when I was young so I never lived with him)
He lived in a house that has been in the family since it was built in the late 1800's.
My bedroom was in front of the house which lead into a really wide hallway which had...