House
tours are not for everyone; some
however enjoy them more then others. There are the individuals who keep the
place they call “home” in a presentable fashion, or there are the attendee’s of
the dazzling home. These individuals are the ones that aspire to keep their
house at least one tenth of the cleanliness of the so called “dream home”. My
Grandmother, along with her friends is one of the many attendees of this – what
they believed would be – a fun, summer house tour.
Here’s
the story:
The
day was planned; my Grandma along with a couple girlfriends had bought tickets
for a Home Tour. They were given a list of homes they had the opportunity to
explore, much like an open house. Arriving at the first house on the list the
ladies stepped out of the car to a gorgeous limestone home. The landscape is
that of a film; beautiful gardens surrounding both the house and the small
rustic shed in the back yard. Following the front path to the house they enter
and began their self-tour starting in the kitchen. It’s not soon after they
noticed a rather untidy sink, dishes were piled up possibly from dinner the
night before. Although this struck them as a little strange they continued the
tour upstairs. They found a large master bedroom, with a master bath. Much like
the untidy kitchen, the bathroom had toothbrushes and toothpaste in the sink. The
ladies were in disbelief that the owner didn’t tidy up knowing their home was
on the house tour. The house was, after all listed on the House Tour List. After checking out all the rooms they left the
home, still slightly shocked. As more cars arrived they noticed instead of
going into the house, the guests walked along the small path towards the rustic
shed in the back yard where a blacksmith was bending iron into statuesque
shapes.
Turns out the tickets they bought had been for an Artisan’s Studio Tour
not a House Tour.
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