So needless to say, we’re a suburb with three established herds numbering up to 200 strong most years, and a very fine population of desert cottontails and grey foxes, a pack of coyotes that serenade me most evenings, and a host of lovely native birds that greet me with song most of the year. So I can’t complain… ;-)

I bet you’re right about the sellers needing to dump an unsuccessful development, anodean. To be honest, though, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was a college campus. Something about the brick colonial common areas made me think of a smaller, Southern state college. What’s strange is that the houses are stick construction in a sort of farm house style. That’s an odd pairing.

Having recently raised enough cash from long- suffering relatives and former friends to put shingles, siding and windows on the thing, the desperate owner of this speculative little corner of paradise isn’t making any promises beyond what you see here. :D