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Rees Residence - Stockton, California
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Rees Residence, obscured by vegetation244 viewsVenerable trees line the street and help shade the house. Out in front is Red Sonja, our Subaru Outback; the truck in the driveway is JoAnn's new Tacoma.
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Unobscured front view225 viewsFront View of Doug and JoAnn Rees' house in Stockton, August 2021
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Rees House with Front Yard264 viewsView of the property from the street, with JoAnn's new Tacoma truck in the driveway..
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Front Porch Grillwork233 viewsJoAnn and Doug devised an unusual and striking color scheme for the ironwork.
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Front Porch235 viewsI found the color scheme JoAnn and Doug chose for this house highly imaginative and pleasing to the eye.
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Oblique view with truck256 viewsThe house is partly obscured by JoAnn's truck, but I was able to capture most of the chimney, which I found quite attractive.
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A Plethora of Placards240 viewsReplete with expressions of welcome and amity, not to mention a Beautiful Yard Recognition Award.
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A literary locale with a Lilliputian library269 viewsThe books themselves are not Lilliputian, of course, but regardless, this mini-library is one of my favorite features of the house, a dead giveaway that its owners are cultivated Corypheans of the community.
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Backyard Ganesha260 viewsGanesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings, who is traditionally worshipped before any major enterprise and is the patron of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors.
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Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here222 viewsSign on bathroom door
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That's my Theme and I'm sticking to it251 viewsThe Octopus theme is pervasive throughout the bathroom
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Pictures at an Octopus Exhibition251 viewsModest Mussorgsky would have had fun with this bathroom.
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