[stylist] The Snow Bunnies

Fri Dec 20 21:15:19 UTC 2013

Linda dear--yeah, a black house can be a warm home, a source of light in a
life, a dwelling of many colorful memories. So get on that baby, and ride.

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:20 PM
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This question has haunted me since you asked it, Robert.  I sat down for a
couple hours this morning and began to write about the house - from the
first glimpse of it in 1967  to the present time.  I decided this was an
important aspect of my life and I am working on a series of essays that will
be my Memoirs.  It is going to take me quite a long tiem of writing,
tweaking and editing of this story, but I have begun that journey because of
your question.  You just never know when a very simple question or comment
may evoke a story. Thanks so much.
Lynda
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From: "Homme, James" <james.homme at highmark.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:39 PM
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> Hi,
> One time when daughter knows best.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] The Snow Bunnies
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> OH, My goodness, Robert, you have made me laugh out loud!
>
> OK, the color of the house story:
>
> My husband and I were driving through   another town up in the PA 
> mountains,
> Indiana, PA. As we rode past a house painted BLACK, we were absolutely 
> thunderstruck by it's beauty.  We rode back to have a closer look at it.
> Yes, it was black.  But, the next thing we noticed was the sigh 
> outside the house.  It was an attorney who had this house, and his 
> last name is "Lambert."  This was just too much. We could not believe 
> what we had found, and that we had the same last name, too. We simply 
> had to have a black house.
>
> We drove to our daughter's home after we had looked at the house the 
> second time. We told our daughter and her husband about what we had 
> seen and how we wanted one like it. And, here comes the third amazing 
> thing:  our son-in-law is a professional contractor and HE HAD MIXED 
> the COLOR for this job!  He GAVE US his RECIPE for the color - and he 
> had it mixed up at the Sherwin-williams store there in Indiana, PA.  
> So, we took the recipe back to our city, and had it mixed up for our 
> house.
>
> When I told my mother we were going to paint our house black, her 
> response we not very positive. She said, "OH, NO, people will think 
> you are a witch!
> Nobody has a black house, and it will stand out like a sore thumb."
>
> We got the paint, and Bob painted the house. My mother happened to be 
> driving by our home shortly after it was finished.  She told me, "I 
> had to turn around in your neighbor's driveway, and then sit there on 
> the hill just looking at your housse for awhile. It was so beautiful I 
> could not believe it. It looks wonderful!"
>
> The black is mixed using a green BASE - so the Black is a soft black, 
> and because the house sits in the woods surrounded by very old trees, 
> it seems to just hover there in the shadows. It has a magic quality to 
> it, and people come by just to look at it. I always give directions to 
> tell people, "When you are driving along the river road, just keep 
> going. You will come to only one house on that entire road (it's a 
> couple miles long). When you come to the black house, pull in, you are 
> there.  You will see no other house on this side of the road but 
> ours."
>
> That is the story, and I am sticking to it. lol
>
> BTW, my motorcycle is for SALE at Moravia Motorcycles in West 
> Pittsburgh, PA if anyone is interested in a super cool, and fantastic 
> motorcycle.  I cannot drive it any longer and I want it to be enjoyed 
> by someone else who loves dragons and magical scenes on a motorcycle.
>
> Lynda
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> From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:29 PM
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>
>> Linda
>>
>> Snow Bunny's --- And gee, taking a early morning walk while in your 
>> night clothes? MMM, not surprised, not coming from a motor cycle 
>> riding woman/lady! But tell me the story about the color of your house,
BLACK?
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your story.
>>
>>
>> Robert Leslie Newman
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