Merrimack River Painters

What A Summer...

By CLAUDETTE GAMMON

For the past two years, I have been writing about our Cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee and our decision to sell. Here I am writing about it again, and adding to the story.

What I perhaps didn’t explain is that we own two pieces here on treasured Treasure Island. One being the cottage, and the one next door. Doesn’t have any buildings on it.


Because we didn’t have very much luck with showings last year, we decided to start advertising early this time, before the ice was out, and consider if we were going to list with a real estate agent again or continue to try and sell it ourselves.


We decided to try to sell it ourselves.

Then the decision was to put both up for sale, if anything sold, we would consider what to do with what was left at that time.


That being said, my mission this past winter was to paint our view from our deck, including the beautiful cloud formations that came and went with the weather or lack thereof.

It was going to be in acrylic and I wanted to paint four of them, which I did.

But I only have pictures of two of them. My bad!

Selling on our own was a real challenge of course, you name it we posted our properties, Zillow, Craig’s List, and I even created a blog about them.


Six months and carrying a stress level I cannot describe, we sold the lot next door. Would it have been less stressful had we listed it? I doubt it, it seemed to me last year, waiting for the phone to ring was just as stressful.


Now, we have taken the cottage off the market for a couple more years, save paying more in capital gains, and can afford to stay and enjoy for a little while longer. We have many friends here now, and that will be difficult enough to give up when the time does come.

We have really gotten to know our “new neighbors”, and enjoy their company, that is just a great perk to being so close.


Now when we do decide to sell the cottage, who is going to be the neighbor next door is out of the picture.


The trouble is when I am stressed I don’t paint. You would think that that would help take your mind off of whatever is causing the stress.

Just A Bit Curious

I did try some painting, our winter home is near a farm where he raises cows, so I tried painting his cows. Not sure how they came out, still need work but was fun anyway for a couple of days.

Mornin' Honey

I also tried painting the early morning fog on the mountains (our view again) on a particularly clear and beautiful morning. I am posting it hear anyway, but know it needs more work.

I can’t believe it is already September. The time spent here has always been precious to us, we have been very fortunate to have been able to have the life here that we have had.

New Castle Fog

It was always about our retirement, before children. We knew there would be a time that we would have to say goodbye to all of this.

It will be great to be back again next year, without the financial worry that goes along with second homes.