November 8, 2014. Canyon Lake, Texas. An Empty Lot.

We turned the corner to the lake house and could not figure out where we were. The lot adjacent to us was empty. There were no trees, They had all been taken down and removed. And the house was gone too. Everything looked different. What a surprise. For the past 18 years, the house next to us sat empty. The owner was an old lady, who was in a nursing home. Her only relative was a nephew who lived in Houston and visited the house once a year to bring the new license for the boat. He stayed for only the day, then returned to Houston but did no work on the house or the grounds. The trees were overgrown and the grasses high. In fact you could not see the house from the street. Five years ago, the old lady died and the nephew inherited the house but still nothing happened, until now. When we arrived at the lake house October 9, I spotted a for sale sign on the property and promptly called the listing agent who told me that the house had sold and would settle in two weeks. There were multiple offers and the house sold for over the asking price. But he told me that the new owner was not demolishing the house. Well he was wrong. That old tacky house is gone and in it's place will be a lovely modern home that will raise the value of our home. It certainly looks odd right now to see the lot totally empty, but it is definitely progress!!