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A beautiful little boy named Jack lives in a pretty Victorian cottage in Pacific Grove with his busy parents, Dan and Caprice Borgeson, and a tan pooch with expressive ears. It’s a place where, as one may come to notice, the adjectives and adverbs tend to collect in abundance.

The very busy parents part is most immediately apparent when Dan arrives home in his shiny business truck carrying baby Jack and leading the dog hurriedly into the side yard. After Dan takes Jack up the front steps, he bends to start several sprinklers bursting into overlapping arcs of waters high across the lawn, then ducks into the house where he sets Jack down, and, in under a minute, creates a Play-dough ‘cookie’ of chromium yellow with red flecks that he kneads till it’s the size of his palm. Jack studies the nuances of his father’s technique.

“I have to leave for work pretty soon but my wife will be home tonight,” Borgeson says in a breath. “I’ve still got dinner to start…”  Jack says, “Bye,” through his pacifier.

The cottage is a treat. Painted butter yellow with gleaming white trim and dark green accents, the house is framed by a substantial white picket fence with an arched gateway and an antique brick pathway that leads to the front porch, separating the super-sized lawn into equal parts. The lawn is an appropriate frame for the picturesque Victorian house.

Although the property is considered a corner lot, one of the streets is actually an alley, a genteel passage with other Victorians and green trees of that age. On that side of the house, a porch wide enough for a café table and two chairs is protected by a high white fence that deletes

the alley entirely, giving the sky and greenery center stage.

On the other side of the house, where the dog entered via a gate through the high white fence, is another pristine lawn with a footpath leading to the free-standing garage and its office within.

Going inside to the living room, one experiences the pleasure of a standard Victorian high ceiling. To one side is a great window with views to the front, and in back are both bedrooms—the master and a smaller room that is currently Jack’s. At the near end of the living room lies a wide bank of L-shaped windows with sophisticated dressings—deeply scalloped valances and long drapes looped at the corners—that double as reminders of the home’s original era.

The opposite end of the living room is perfect for a formal or casual dining arrangement. With the kitchen and bath around the corner, that’s definitely the business end of the house.

It’s also fun. The kitchen has a bay window looking over the large side yard and there’s

the kitchen door with stairs going down to the lawn where the dog joyfully awaits one’s good company.

The Boresons are moving to Sacramento after only enjoying their quaint home for a year.

Even though the house is clearly in move-in condition and the kitchen and bath are perfect, there’s plenty of creative opportunity for anyone wanting to restore the interior to represent its Victorian ancestry.

Price: $849,000. 227 Willow St., Pacific Grove. Contact Peggy Jones, The Jones Group Coast and Country Real Estate, 917-4534.