I know it’s Spring when I look at the thermometer, throw on appropriate layers, walk outside for a while, and shed clothing as needed. That’s why I had a long-standing agreement with Connie and Marla for hanging a jacket on their mailbox near the stop sign. After they moved, I asked for the same permissions from Harmony and Lise across the street. This week I pulled off the hat and jacket before reaching the end of our driveway. No special permission needed!
Later that day, Connie came for our every-other-month lunch. While Albert is being groomed, she spends the time with us. I love this schedule that insures we keep in touch. We had hoped Shawn could join us, but communications were awry. John took a photo of us. After it was too late, I realized the lovely decoration on Connie’s sleeve did not show to advantage. I am wearing one of the new tops the neighbors picked out for me from the thrift shop. “They” say the best thing to wear is a smile, and we both kept those on.
Mehrling Muse 
Love this–you made me smile, too!
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Your photo of the mailbox + a little more made me smile. I like your neighbors. They are neighborly.
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Our neighbors are also friends.
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Always great to get together with friends. You both look very happy.
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Love your neighbors! Love that you shed clothing as you need too. Sure hope it doesn’t get too hot!
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I promise you I’ll stay within the law when disrobing in public.
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Nice photo Anne.
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Loved the picture of your postal wardrobe. Made me think of those who use “Hotmail”
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Ha! Ha! That is funny!
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Lovely miles both of you. So sweet smile you make me happy. I hope she is your friend. Beautiful share you . I like.🌷🙏
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I used to see Connie much more often when she lived in the neighborhood.
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Very nice you neighborhood. Good spot have you! Well care eachother. I like
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Our neighbors are wonderful, and we don’t want to take them for granted. We all celebrate as much as we can.
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Nice , Is. So glad you are very lucky women’s you have to all celebrate together. 👍
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Charlie is forever finding mistakenly discarded gloves, mittens, hats and glasses as he walks. He always sticks them up on poles to be found by their owners. He found glasses yesterday on our walk. I wonder if anyone ever returns for them. I love the green sweater on you. I look awful in light green, but you wear it well.
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That’s something that Charlie finds things all the time while walking. I love my new clothes and can’t wait for warmer weather when they will be appropriate.
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I love that they knew you that well to buy clothes that are just right.
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They SAVED the clothes from being thrown away — no money involved! Lots of gratitude was given, though.
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Wow. I missed that bit. Even better.
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Your neighbors are the best – I have always said that. It’s been years since I had neighbors like that and likely never will again.
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The world has changed. I think people used to be good neighbors, and now many think only of themselves. A smile, a wave, and a chat over the fence can mean so much through the years. Many are too busy for that.
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I agree with you Anne – I see your neighbors and think about how things used to be. I am the only original neighbor on the street from when we moved here in 1966.
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Wow! You are an original! The houses on our little street were not built in 1966.
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This house was built in 1963 and an older couple decided to move to an apartment. Our neighbors across the street, both long gone, were the first ones in the neighborhood. Only their house for the longest time they said, then gradually the block started filing in.
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Interesting.
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It’s something to watch a neighborhood change.
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Yes it is Anne and years ago if someone on the street passed away, one of the neighbors came around to tell the others on our block and collect for flowers and a card. That hasn’t happened in years and there were four elderly people on the block who died within a one-year period. Two of them were a couple, the other two were widows. I saw the respective houses go up for sale and then Googled for an obituary notice and learned each had died months earlier.
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It’s sad that we lose touch so easily.
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Yes it is, but admittedly no one on the street likely knew them as they were housebound the last few years, but still ….
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Roughly how many houses are on your part of the street? I’d count to a cross road or a dead end.
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We have nine houses on our side as the corner house is a double lot and ten houses on the other side, so 19.
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That’s a large number to have cohesiveness. We had five in NY six here.
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Aha – that is the reason then. We’ve never done anything as a group on this block and now I only chat with neighbors on either side when doing yardwork. I know in some cities they have block parties – nothing like that has ever happened here.
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We had street parties both here and on Long Island. It simply wouldn’t work on a through street.
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Lovely photo of you two! Our token sign of spring is, we took the sparkly snowflake decoration off the front door and put the sunny Easter chick on instead!
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That’s a great way to welcome spring.
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