Our House

Our house - well, the Roosevelt's house - is on East 64th Street less than a block from Central Park. The outside is covered with "brownstone" (like a lot of homes in New York). It has three stories.

Just inside the front door is the vestibule, and past that is the parlor, where the family spends a lot of time, and where I often sleep. Further back is the dining room. Beyond that is the kitchen. And there is a nice, but small, garden in the rear.

The second floor bay window you can see in the picture is Gracie's room. Sometimes I get to sleep in there, too.  And in the rear is Laura and J.W.'s suite.

Up on the third floor, Teddy lives in the front, and housekeeper Hannah at the back. There is a nice guest room in the middle. Both the second and third floors have big bathrooms with "claw-footed" bathtubs. The children love baths. I hate baths.

Gracie usually takes me down to the Park every day. We enter through what is known as the "Children's Gate," which is near the menagerie. If we keep on walking we get to the playground, and how I love to spin on the little merry-go-round, the breeze blowing in my face. Ah, the life of a dog.

Toodle-oo!     D-O-G                                                                                               ©2014