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Old 6/23/11, 6:14 PM
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Default Tree trunk grown around the overhang

The owner was a builder, it was a foreclosure and there were beer cans everywhere...
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Thanks for the chuckle Opening for critters entrance too .... Roy



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Well, the squirrels need shelter too Roy.
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I thought that was an exterior cellulose-based pilaster!



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Old 6/24/11, 12:19 AM
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That eve is not going to sag.




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The owner was a builder, it was a foreclosure and there were beer cans everywhere...
Are you sure the house was not built around the tree Kenton??????
Nice photo. Its a keeper.



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