As we continue to work on the house we've started to meet more and more of our neighbors. The first, of course, is our immediate next door neighbors, Dawn, Kelli, and Drew, who have been enthusiastic and welcoming from the get-go. They even brought us a true Welcome To the Neighborhood basket full of goodies. Drew is 2 1/2 and will be a great playmate for Anna and Luke. And I see lots of "stooping" in the future with Dawn & Kelly. ("Stooping" is a term similar to "front-porch sitting" for those of us with stoops instead of porches.)
On the other side is an older lady, Louise, and her daughter Louisa. They weren't so sure about new neighbors at first but Justin charmed them with a lovely letter explaining who we were and what we were doing with the property. After that they were very sweet and had some choice words about the people who lived their previously - words you don't expect to come out of a 90-something year old mouth! Apparently the tenants had left impression on everyone to say the least. One neighbor told us how nice it was to use her front yard again now that they were gone. Stories include banana peels being thrown at houses, cars parked in other people's yards, police monitoring, 3am fights in the street. I can't imagine living next to people like that and that's something considering how I feel about my current neighbors!
Last weekend we took another step toward seeing our new neighborhood - we shortened the fence. It has made a world of difference. Take a look:
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| It was a fun project to see such quick progress |
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| Fence or no fence - Anna likes the dirt mountain the best |
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| Now that the sun can come through this looks like a great place for the garden |
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Tight quarters as the trees have grown into the fence on
one side and there's a mountain of debris behind the shed |
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| The final panel |
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