tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post4046259479292602453..comments2023-03-08T03:39:15.867-05:00Comments on The Enos Kellogg Homestead - Restoring an 18th Century Connecticut Home: The 228th Christmas in the Enos Kellogg HouseEnosKelloggHomesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02472194871089144207noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-27646602085447403592012-02-03T07:21:43.185-05:002012-02-03T07:21:43.185-05:00Gorgeous what more can i say.Gorgeous what more can i say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-89010121138988669842012-01-30T10:10:37.376-05:002012-01-30T10:10:37.376-05:00Just say No to tiny, all-white Christmas lights!Just say No to tiny, all-white Christmas lights!EnosKelloggHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472194871089144207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-78045868408883498552012-01-30T06:46:20.433-05:002012-01-30T06:46:20.433-05:00I hadn't really thought about it until I rerea...I hadn't really thought about it until I reread your post again, but the general aesthetics of Christmas really did peak in the 1930's or so. (give or take a decade)<br />At our 1924 bungalow we have always gone with the big old school lights outside and we never cease to get a big reaction in our hood. There's just something right about them.Roosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593076664970688782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-1505401380898954982012-01-29T21:19:47.729-05:002012-01-29T21:19:47.729-05:00Thanks, Andy! Sometimes you just need to party li...Thanks, Andy! Sometimes you just need to party like it's 1949.EnosKelloggHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472194871089144207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-45540998890783564172012-01-29T16:11:25.143-05:002012-01-29T16:11:25.143-05:00Hooray for an old school Christmas! I couldn't...Hooray for an old school Christmas! I couldn't agree with you any more if I tried! What a beautiful home....Andyhttp://jabirkey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-31013839372674373962012-01-17T11:54:09.611-05:002012-01-17T11:54:09.611-05:00Thanks so much, Adelaide! It's always nice to...Thanks so much, Adelaide! It's always nice to get such friendly feedback, especially from a native Norwalker.<br /><br />Definitely come knock on the door the next time you are in Norwalk - we would be more than happy to give you the nickel tour.<br /><br />And good luck with your own farmhouse!EnosKelloggHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472194871089144207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33132424.post-17394418125311062532012-01-14T16:22:59.716-05:002012-01-14T16:22:59.716-05:00John,
What a wonderful blog, and what a wonderful...John,<br /><br />What a wonderful blog, and what a wonderful house. So fun to read that you triumphed over the evil P&Z grinches and now have modern plumbing.<br /><br />I grew up in Norwalk (an area near the Rowayton railroad station) and was fascinated as a high-schooler with the old houses in the area. J. Frederick Kelly's book, which you quote in your blog, became my bible. (I found the book in the Brien McMahon High School library and it changed my life.) From then on, I dreamed of restoring an 18th century New England house. <br /><br />Fate, and marriage, brought me instead to the cornfields of Illinois where the oldest house I could find was built in the 1870's. Still, it is a fine yellow farmhouse on 5 acres and is a fun, maddening, and never-ending restoration project. <br /><br />Thanks for a beautiful blog. Next time I'm in Norwalk I'm going to to try to drive by your house (there are some intriguing clues) and admire it from the road. If I'm successful I'll leave a note in your mailbox.<br /><br />Thanks again for sharing your adventures.<br />Adelaide Aime<br />adelaide.aime at gmail.comAdelaide Aimenoreply@blogger.com