% Chateau Chaos -- The palatial grounds and exterior views
% Jessica L. Parsons <orc@pell.portland.or.us>
% Wed Jan 16 15:42:26 PST 2008

#Outside#

->![image20](image20.jpg =240x320)    
Before we painted it, the house looked like a big haunted
house.<-

->![BackYard](BackYard.jpg =640x480)    
The backyard, looking southwest from the meaningless
room.<-

->[![image16](image16.jpg =240x320)](id:deck)    
Looking east from the backyard, towards the deck, the kitchen, and the [back porch](image26.jpg).<-

->![deck-stb.jpg](deck-stub.jpg =287x255)    
Over the years, we whittled down the deck ...<-

->![BackYardFromPorch](BackYardFromPorch.jpg =450x600)    
... until it was all gone.<-

->![image38](image38.jpg =320x240)    
On the deck, looking northwest towards the garage
(an ideal place to build an airplane, if you're so inclined.)<-

->![image17.jpg](image17.jpg =320x240)    
Looking northeast from our real estate agent's parking lot
into the upstairs [back porch](porch.html).<-

->![image19](image19.jpg =320x240)     
Looking northwest from the street.  Note the evergreen
trees?  They didn't last very long after we moved in.<-

->![image21](image21.jpg =320x240)    
Looking west-southwest towards the
[living room ](image01.jpg) (_main floor_)  
and the
[library](library.html) (_second floor_.)<-

->![image22](image22.jpg =320x240)    
The front yard, looking south<-

->![image23](image23.jpg =240x320)    
On the sidewalk, looking west towards the front door<-

->![FrontPorchFromLivingRoom](FrontPorchFromLivingRoom.jpg =640x480)  
Looking out the front window southeast towards the
front porch.<-

->![image24](image24.jpg =320x240)     
Looking north along our street, with the now-obsolete
forsale sign prominently placed to the west<-

->![image25](image25.jpg =320x240)  
Looking south along our street<-