I was shocked to find the garage door locked when I came back from walking. Normally I am very aware of NOT locking it as I leave. Grandson David and Kacey were inside, sound asleep, and I knew I had tricked myself. Although David’s phone never rings, only vibrates, I tried calling him. No answer.
Neighbor Shawn answered her phone cheerily, and I asked, “Are you home?”
Thank heavens the answer was yes. “May I borrow my key? I’ve locked myself out.”
She offered for Logan to bring it over, but I was dressed for the weather and already outside. I wouldn’t have wanted to stay out long, because it was 29 F (-1.667 C) when I left the house and 25 F (-3.889) when I came inside.
Not knowing I was locked out, I enjoyed looking for another tiny flower arrangement. This one was a little to the left of the one taken the day before, and I added my thumb for a size comparison. There are little bits of ice, leftovers from yesterday’s snow.
Mehrling Muse 
That was fortunate your neighbor was home! It would have been a terrible time to be locked out. On the other hand, your thumb comparison on the tiny flowers really shows how small they were! Very arty looking with the bits of ice, too. You are a stronger woman than I if you walked when it was that cold. In the short time I was out with Reggie this morning, by the time I cleaned up after him and came back in, my fingers were cold inside my heavy gloves.
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I have a coat that I bought in NY years ago, and that’s what keeps me warm.
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I am glad for you, and hope it was not as slippery there either. I could hardly make it across the back yard using a stick to dig in and my heavy lug wellies. The frozen snow and sleet was treacherous. Plus, they issued an alert that they would not plow the county roads, so nobody’s going anywhere around here. I could sled down the hill, but I would not be able to crawl back up.
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I cut my walk short because of one stretch of road that was icy. I laughed at the idea of your sledding and having to crawl back up the hill.
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It’s always good to give a key to a neighbor. We have a pad that we punch in a code so I don’t need a key. It’s a lifesaver (unless of course, you forget the code!)
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We used to keep a key in a train boxcar on the front porch. A toddler found it, and that was the end of our hiding place.
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🙂 Of course! Back in the old days, I had a fake rock that you could hide a key in. I had it in some rocks next to my patio. A landscaper found it and gave it to me during some routine work. There is no good place.
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That is amusing.
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Oh goodness.. It is always safe to have an extra key somewhere…but what if your neighbor had not been home. I keep mine in a magnetic box hidden out side and have had to use it several times. But you could have knocked on Davids window and scared him….if it is reachable.
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I could have knocked on David’s window, as you suggested, or I could have gone to another neighbor if David hadn’t been home.
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Always good to have a plan B
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Great plan to have a spare key at your neighbors!
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I must return the key so that it is with the neighbors when I next need it.
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Yes, I agree you need a plan b for next time, but I’m so glad Shawn was home!
Would David have heard the doorbell? I like the idea of a magnetic car key too. 😁☺️
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No, David would not have heard the doorbell. Kacey might have.
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good thing a bear wasn’t chasing you Anne!
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Oh!! *shudder*
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I love the little blooms…looking out while being locked out hehe…
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You are a stronger woman than I if you walked when it was that cold. Ohh goodness, it’s a good idea have extra key somewhere took. I am so happy that time Shawn was home. Beautiful
& Terrible time to be locked out. On the your hand, and your thumb comparison on the tiny flowers really good shows how small they were! Very arty looking with the bits of ice, too.
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I should think about hiding a key somewhere around the house.
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Very nice!
Tack care, Anne!
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Good thing there was a spare key. I always bring keys with me when I go out for long even if Jovy and Josef are inside the house asleep.
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Marge asked my mom if she could leave a key at our house in case she locked herself out or lost/dropped hers and my mom said sure. Then, we didn’t know, Marge had hidden a door key (she never locked the storm door) under a large ornamental rock at the side of the house (the same rock where we hid our dollar bills on New Year’s Eve for good luck in the new year). I used the key she gave us to go in and feed her cat, fish, birds or whatever other critters she had at the time. So one night she came home very late, dropped her key and couldn’t find it so came over to grab it from under the rock. She told us the next day we would not have appreciated a knock on the door that late to hand over her key. She came home in the middle of the night from a red-eye flight from Arizona after visiting her mom. I have an entire set of keys on me at all times – I have no one I could ask to keep a key for me (you know my neighbors).
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I can imagine it wouldn’t be safe to hide a key now.
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You’re right Anne. People would start looking under rocks. People used to hide them in the milk chute too.
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