LILAC COTTAGE - VIEW OF MARLOW STREET FROM INSIDE GATE - PORTLAND MAINE - IT WAS A LOVELY TREE-LINED STREET JUST ONE BLOCK LONG - THE BIG OLD TREES I KNOW FROM GOOGLE ARE ALL GONE - ALL THE HOUSES HAD SOME CHARACTER - OURS WAS A RARE BRICK HOME IN PORTLAND WHICH INSTANTLY SOLD THE MAN WHO ENDED UP BUYING IT - BRICK HOMES TEND TO STAND OUT AMONG ALL THE WOODEN ONES - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE