Where has the house gone?

I popped around to check out my old house, it's hard to let go after living there for 36 years. What a shock I got!

[Dorothy]

Oh My, that is sad. Do you think they are going to build a new home on the lot or is it for development?

[Kathy A]

@illinilass the builder was there and he said they are going to build a duplex

[Casablanca]

Wow! Quite a surprise

[Kathy A]

@casablanca Luke planted a tiny jacaranda tree about 20 years ago and watched it grow up into an amazing specimen. When I showed him this photo, all he was concerned about was his tree 😂

[Babs]

Oh, dear how sad. It must have been such a shock.
We went back to see our house in Melbourne a few years ago and got a shock because the gates, railings and low wall had been removed and it looked a mess.
One thing I have learned over the years after 16 moves and 3 different countries is that you can never go back because back is never there.

[Kathy A]

@onewing it was an incredible shock and even though I've moved on it was still sad.

[Babs]

@kjarn I bet. I could have cried when I saw what they had done to our old house in Melbourne too.

[Susan Wakely]

Emotions have a great part to play in such attachments. Hold on to the memories.

[Wendy]

I love the Giant bonsai. Always a bit melancholy when something old is removed for something new. Did they remove the Jack?

[Kathy A]

@photohoot giant bonsai? There was about 6trees in my back garden, including the jacaranda, and they are all gone except that one lone gum tree

[Diana]

How awfully sad that is, I hope Lukes tree is still there!

When we moved back to SA my sisters and I went to see the house we grew up in, all four of us just cried.

[Kathy A]

@ludwigsdiana No, his tree is gone, he was very sad about that

[Fisher Family]

I can understand your shock - it is sad when a physical piece of our past is changed or demolished.

Ian

[Mags]

Oh my gosh! What will they put up now?

[Dorothy]

@kjarn
Thanks Kathy

[Kathy A]

@marlboromaam I saw the developer when I was there and he said they are building a duplex

[PhotoCrazy]

Wow, gone!

[Kathy]

Oh my goodness! Were you expecting this? Is this why you moved?

[Wendy]

@kjarn the giant bonsai is the perception with the placement of the dumpster. Looks like the tree is growing out of it.

[Mags]

@kjarn Ugh! Well, we keep populating so they have to live somewhere.

[Kathy A]

@randystreat No I wasn’t, I was hoping the family that bought it would have many years living there like I had

[Kathy A]

@photohoot I hadn’t even noticed that but now I can’t unsee it 🤣

[Carole Sandford]

Oh wow! How sad!

[Julia Metcalfe]

How sad.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

My heart is sinking when I think of the lovely trees they ripped out to make room for what will probably be an ugly house! At least they can not rip down your memories.

[Kathy A]

@olivetreeann it breaks my heart too. Yes, I have 36 years of memories

[Renee Salamon]

Oh nooooo