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What Were They Thinking?
Well I have been rather lax and boring lately haven't I? Except for the big fire last fall, I've been pretty good at working and staying out of trouble. Snort! Not my normal self, I have to admit. So I need something new to occupy my time with when I'm not making great artwork.
Did I ever tell you that my daughter is a professional photographer? She used to take pictures of lady's butts at craft fairs so we could snicker. But this has of course become "not politically correct".............I don't know why!
So I decided to start a page on butt ugly houses. It has become one of my favorite past times and now I carry a camera everywhere I go. (These may be load intensive pages for you, but well worth it!
and NO you may not steal my photos, they are copyrighted)
Well my collection has gotten rather big, so now I have more than one page!
Only in California would you see a sign like this for a track house. Think I will take two.

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We start with Granny's Bottle Village. This place is a night mare and they made it into a national monument! Here are your tax dollars at work. Lordy Lordy, dear old granny collected crap from the dump and built a house and yard out of trash. Most of it fell down in the quake of 94. Thank God! Not only is this an eye sore in the neighborhood but it stinks. I mean it literally stinks! Kinda like a giant bean fart.
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I particularly like the plastic doll head floral arrangement in the planter. I'm thinking some Barbie doll heads might just set this off even better or maybe some dead GI Joes. |
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See told ya soooooooo!
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These people have two, count them two of these mammoth gates in front of their house. Their pool is in the front of the house and they have approximately 10 water fountains in their front yard in a variety of sizes. I wonder if he got a good deal on them and as a bonus they thru in the gates. Sorta like buying something and getting free Ginzoo knives with it. |
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OK, a blue Spanish tile roof! In various shades, no less. Yes someone actually got up there and painted these things by hand. I wonder what kind of drugs they were on. |
This is my neighbor's house. He got termites last year and put stucco over the wood in the front. His yard looks like crap and he was worried about the van from hell being parked in front of it! Actually, the van made his house look nicer. I just threw his house in because he is such an asshole and because if he sees this, it will piss him off. |
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I just loveee aquarium blue homes. Paint a few fish on this baby and they will feel just like they are at home. Wait a minute! Maybe he should switch roofs with the guy above. |
So this guy actually painted his house this color to get it ready to sell. Yep, he was striving for curb appeal, I'm sure. Or maybe that is curb setter appeal. |
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I couldn't make up my mind on these two. Do you like the flaming flamingo glow in the dark pink? |
Or do you like the more subdued screaming out loud bubble gum pink with the purple windows and matching gold wall? I just hate decisions like this. |
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| Chapter One Stuff About Me |
| Chapter Two Mountain Men and Llamas |
| Chapter Three Introducing El Blanco |
| Chapter Four Off To Hollywood |
| Chapter Five It's Beginning to Look A lot like Christmas |
| Chapter Six The Day Before November 16th |
| Chapter Seven My Neighbor |
| Chapter Eight More of Him |
| Chapter Nine The Grand Finale |
| Chapter Ten El Blanco Grande Rules |
| Fire From Hell |
| Butt Ugly Houses 1 2 3 4 5 |
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