The weather is warming, and people are coming out again. Welcome Spring! As I walked, neighbor Shawn stopped her car and asked, “Are you going to come with us this afternoon?” Logan must have told her that I was willing (make that eager) to go to his first tennis match of the season after school. He had asked me when he came over to play chess with David. As they drove on to school, Logan had his window down to wave. I used my two-armed wave, a goofy custom we’ve had going for a while.
I spoke to “Woodman” as I walked past the place where he and his 80+ dad split firewood to sell to tourists and locals. He said, “We’ll have all seasons in one week!”
I replied, “I took off my coat.”
“It could be summer by the end of the week,” he said.
I called back, “I might go sun bathing.” It was fun to laugh with him.
Fluffy dandelion puffs waved me on as I went to the creek. Going back through the gas station, I saw Shawn turning off the highway, heading home.
At the top of the hill, I retrieved my jacket and hat hanging on the coat hook that Lisa and Harmony put up for me last year. This time I got a close up that, without the bright sun, shows my name.
Coming toward me were Lisa walking Rosie and Julie walking Mickey. Their animated talk and laughter added life to the mountain air. I’m sure Rosie is the largest dog I see on the road, and Mickey is one of the smallest. Holding my coat, I needed another hand to pet BIG and little at the same time.
It is marvelous to have brief conversations with the best neighbors in the world!
Mehrling Muse 
You are shedding your clothes again. That’s a good sign!
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Everyone is applauding. Of course, they all know I still have a sense of propriety.
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Now that is a special coat hook. Very nice. Spring ,even though there and there , is most welcome. How ever…I may have lost more than I thought in the last freeze. Boo!
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I hope your plants will still come up, even if late.
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IT SEEMS ALL THE NEIGHBOURS FEEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU ANNE. You’re a Superstar. Massive Hugs from a Chilly UK.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I’m sending you very warm hugs. I sat outside for three hours watching neighbor Logan play tennis for his school team. The sun was warm, but breezes kept us cool.
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Although I live in Arizona now I well remember the feeling in Michigan of that first time the coat can come off.
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I think most of us shed coats as soon as we can. I lived in NY for 50 years, so NC weather is easier. Have you been in AZ a long time?
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15 years and before that California. We left Michigan when I was 35. So I’ve been away from cold weather a long time.
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This is the stuff you and everybody has missed more than the weather……..human contact!
We can survive fearsome weather but not the lack of love.
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So true!
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Ver you sharing your’s Spring walk. I like.
Now that’s special coat hook. Very nice spring, here & there weather is warm.
It seems all the neighbour feels the same way you.
So beautiful your jacket & hat hanging on the coat hook.
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Everyone on the street gets along well. All our neighbors are friendly and very helpful.
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You are so lucky! Thanks!
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I will always be envious of your relationship with your neighbors … we had the Elmores across the street and Marge and Jim who lived there before her … that is three families in 56 years. A poor showing! You are indeed blessed.
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You pick a house to live in, and neighbors come attached. Yes, I am very blessed.
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Sweet Anne, you never fail to inspire me or make me happy. What delightful stories you share. You are in “Gods’ Country” for sure. You have given me more people and animals to love! x Michele
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Yes, this is God’s country, and I’m blessed to be here. You have enlarged my world, too. A new favorite name — Honeybee.
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Sounds like perfection. You have such a beautiful corner of the world there — in vista and people.
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This is my happy place, though I was happy in NY and England, too.
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I’m so looking forward to that weather getting here. It’s slow coming. I’ve been telling my husband lately that God gave us two hands so we can pet both dogs at the same time.
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Love that — a hand for each dog!
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Sounds like a lovely day! Love seeing your coat on the hook again.
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