This is the house I remember from the earliest days of my childhood. Grandpa and Grandma Bell lived here. The small cottage size house had a clear view of the St. Clair River flowing with water, boats, lake freighters, summertime inner tube float downs and winter ice flows. Grandpa had a small dock and fishing boat. M-29 separates the house from the River with a steady stream of traffic.
I never questioned the color, watermelon pink, for a house. It was simply grandma and grandpa’s house, a house that announced itself boldly, though it was tiny. As freighters from the Interlake Steamship Company passed going up and down, it was easy to pick out retired Chief Engineer Chester Bell’s house for the greeting salute of a long and two shorts from the steam whistle. I’ve never seen any other watermelon pink houses. Grandma had her house painted her favorite color.
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