Too Tall Tim's Just Right House | Drawing The Town, Artist Laura Turgeon

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Too Tall Tim's Just Right House

April 2009

In a small town sometimes folks get nicknames. Tim Rogers is a tall fellow, and some time back he earned the moniker “Too Tall Tim”. Most folks just call him Tim though. Tim, his bride Janet, and young son Spencer reside in their fine Broad Street home – the subject of this month’s Laura drawing:

Related Stuff:

Tim & Janet’s bicycle parade wedding

And from the way back archives – this Tim & Janet pic from after Hurricane Isabel (Sept 2003):

“Oriental Gothic”
Then newlyweds Janet & Tim had several inches of water in their home after Isabel (not the same house they now enjoy). A TownDock reporter found them post Isabel with Pine Sol & bleach in hand attacking the problem.

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Laura Turgeon and her husband Gil Fontes live in Oriental. When they are not out looking at boats Laura and Gil are often seen with drawing instruments or paint brushes in hand. More of Laura's work can be found at her site LauraTurgeon.com.