I always thought it would be fun to chat with a neighbor over a fence. I found out how delightful it can be. Having let Kacey onto the front porch, I secured the wire gate to keep her in. Shawn’s Abbey returned Kacey’s bark, which alerted us humans that we were all outside. They came across the street while Shawn’s weed eater was being charged and had a lovely visit over the “fence”. We didn’t know, and didn’t want to find out, how the little dog and big dog would get along without the barrier. With it in place, Abbey took a nap in the sun, while Kacey found things to chew on. Shawn and I had no trouble filling the air with lots of words. How pleasant and satisfying that was!
Mehrling Muse 
That’s exactly how I met my best friend! Chatting over the fence! She was my Nextdoor neighbor for 7 years and we’ve been friends ever since!
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Wonderful story!!
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Thanks, yours too!!
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I love chatting over the fence. We do a lot of that here in our community in Spain. And sometimes there are dogs on either side of the fence too.
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That sounds lovely.
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Wasn’t there a TV show with an 0ver-the-fence segment though the neighbor’s face was mostly hidden? How great that Abbey and Kacey “cooperated”. 😊
Paul and Betty
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That was “Home Improvement” and the neighbor was Wilson, I think. I had forgotten all about that. How fun!
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That sequence sounds familiar, but I don’t remember it clearly. Wish I did.
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Out here in the middle of no where the only neighbor who visits my fence is the little dog from up the hill. I have run him home more times than I can count and he keeps coming back. Most of the time he is finishing the cat food, which isn’t good for dogs. But a couple of time a year it gets serious and I have to keep a really close eye on my female dog. No…she isn’t fixed.
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You live an exciting life.
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LOL..Most people would call it boring.
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That depends on your outlook. I last remember being bored a couple of hours in August of 1982.
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socializing is back in fashion now that the pandemic is decreasing!
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Thank heavens we can be close to people again!
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I always loved it when our “dog-bell” let us know friends were in the area. Love picturing that scene.
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I love chatting. How i met my best friend. Chatting over with his. She was my Nextdoor neighbour. Since we have been friends ever since.
Beautiful photo. I like!
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Shawn said she liked the pictures of the dogs.
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Thanks!
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Two largr han life comedians, Norman Evans and Les Dawsonhave made a living holding very one sided conversations’ Over the Garden Fence’. Huge Hugs
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I didn’t know that. What fun! Hugs.
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Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDwQpUJaWbU
Hugs
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The skit was amusing to watch. I wish I could have understood the words. The accent was thick, and my hearing aids couldn’t untangle the words. Oh! For young ears!
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Sorry Anne, I thought the pitch was high enough tht you’d hear him but didn’t take the broadness of his accent into account.It’s quitee North West England.
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It was fun to watch, though. Thanks for sending it. I came from a rather insular part on the US, and I even have a hard time with some American accents.
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Neighbors who are friends are the best!
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Yes, indeed!
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Kasey and Abby enjoyed the chat too!
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There is something inviting about chatting over a fence. You would think it would be the other way around.
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Chatting over the fence was an art form of neighbours in years gone by. My M-i-l perfected this art! Practising it seems to cement a community of neighbourhood women who have lived in the same houses in the same street all of their long life. Perhaps it is the secret of their longevity.
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Ours was not a proper fence, but it served the same purpose. I like your definition that talking over the fence is an art form.
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It’s always a mistake for me to try to talk to our neighbor from our deck because the deck is up high and they can’t get too close to it so when they reply to whatever I said I can’t hear them. It’s best if I just go down in the yard for a chat. I always enjoy that. 🙂 If Kacey and Abbey can be that close and that calm I think they would be fine without the fence.
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Shawn said Kacey had Abbey’s tail in her mouth the other day. She didn’t bite her, but it didn’t look good. We preferred to keep the animals apart.
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Talking over the fence with good neighbors is nice – at least you two can see each other and it’s not like Wilson on the “Home Improvement” show.
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The stone fence between Joyce and me consisted of a row of large stones, so it really wasn’t a fence in the usual sense.
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Our neighbor was out with Zoey, her black lab. We chatted about the activities this weekend. Zoey was only interested in rolling in the snow. A nice sunny day is rare here so we both were out. Over the fence talks are the best. Enjoy the weekend. Blessings. 🍀🍀🍀
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I loved your blessings decorated with shamrocks. oxox
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Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for you too! oxox 🍀🎩🍀💰
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