New Home!

Hi Fam,

David and I enjoy Ogden Nash's "Marriage Lines." We've quoted parts of this one, from his collection of poems for a "student husband," frequently in the past month:

Apartment to Sublet—Unfurnished

The Murrays are hunting a house,
They are tired of living in flats.
They long for a personal mouse
And a couple of personal cats.
They are hunting a house to inhabit,
An Eden, or even an Arden,
They are thinking of keeping a rabbit,
They are thinking of digging a garden.
How giddy the Murrays have grown
To aspire to a house of their own!

Oh, hurry, hurry!
Says Mrs. Murray.
Tarry awhile, says he,
If you care of a house
As is a house,
You’d better leave it to me.
I’d like an orchard, apple or peach,
I’d like an accessible bathing beach,
And a den for unwinding detective plots,
And a lawn for practicing mashie shots,
And open fires,
And a pleasant sunroom,
A handy garage,
And perhaps a gunroom,
And an atmosphere exempt of static,
And a furnace silent and automatic.
For such a house
I would hurry, hurry—
I’m a practical man,
Says Mr. Murray.

The Murrays of 17B,
The Murrays are going away
From the wireless in 17 C
And the parties in 17A.
For the Murrays are tired of flats,
They are rapidly growing aloof
As they dream of their personal cats,
As they dream of their personal roof.
Their friends cannot smother their merriment
When they speak of the Murray’s experiment .

Oh, hurry, hurry!
Says Mr. Murray.
Tarry awhile, says she.
When we choose a house,
Let us choose a house
As nice as a house can be.
With a dozen windows south and east,
And a dozen capacious cupboards at least,
And a laundry lilting with light and air,
And a porch for a lady to dry her hair,
And plenty of sun,
And plenty of shade,
And a neat little place
For a possible maid,
And a wall with roses clambering wild,
And a quiet room for a sleepy child.
If you happen to see it,
Hurry, hurry!
For that’s the house,
Says Mrs. Murray.

The Wrights of 710 have found a house! And, while there's not room for a possible maid, there is a guest room available to any and all who want to come visit. :) If all goes well with the inspection, etc, we'll close on July 22.

Photos to follow--

love,

Lynn and David