Hereshome before and during the renovations. courtesy photos
Another memory was of her grandmother’ s crescent-moonshaped, stone-bordered garden. Over the years, the large stones had sunk so deeply into the earth that they had completely disappeared.“ My grandmother had lovely gardens and I wanted to restore them.” So, Lory hired local gardener Carole Wells, who spent several days digging the stones up and several more weeks on the garden itself. Now the gardens again brim with native plants and are alive with bees.
Lory delicately avoids confirming the rumor that the house was also haunted.“ We always thought so as kids. My mother’ s brother died here. I always thought he was here. We used to feel him downstairs in the living
Hereshome after the renovations. photos by Cindy Steele
room. When I moved in, but before the work started, I was hearing noises, things were slamming, things were being put in strange places, cupboard doors were open. Meisha,( Lory’ s cat) was making strange noises and acting really weird. But, I’ ll just say there are noises, I won’ t say its haunted.” Her other two companions, Jinny, a yellow lab, and Teddy, a blonde cocker spaniel, refuse to comment on the incidents.
Although the two car garage and art studio that have been added make the cabin seem much larger, Lory was faithful to the original size and floor plan of the cabin she inherited.
“ I just wanted the remodel to be a reflection
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