I love things that are “old,” they just have so much character, wouldn’t you agree? Take, for example, this front door and wisteria from a home in Essex, MA.
The wood is splitting and the paint is peeling, that front door has seen a lot of use! But then, what would you expect? After all, the home was built in 1832! 
By the way, Essex, MA was, in its heyday, a shipbuilding community. Can you tell?
But, while the home and door may be 176 years old, I doubt that the wisteria is anywhere near that age. Still, wisterias take at least seven years before they begin to bloom and, judging from the number of blooms and the main trunk of this plant, I’d say it has seen quite a number of seven year cycles!
I’m with you anything antique is amazing and of course you live in the place for that! Over here the only things that are antique are old log cabins that are quickly being returned to the earth by termites! Since the Indians once owned all this land and everything they made was completely natural the log cabins and old mines are the only great finds I run into. This is a beauty I can see why it caught your eye. (1832 wow: In all fairness washington was not even a state yet; I think that was about fifty years later… wow, how weird is that?)
What beautiful old home! That wisteria is incredible! That’s a plant I really wish would grow here: I’d have a whole yard of it!
I would be happy to call this house “home” anyday. So much charm and character. Luv the wisteria.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you all for your comments here. I love wisteria too, in fact, I have one growing on one corner of my home. Unfortunately, it has yet to bloom and I’ve lost track of just how old the plant is so, I guess I’ll just have to be patient. I love just about anything that is “old” too, especially when it can be “dated” as is so with this home. (I guess I wasn’t a history major for nothing!)