4.17.2009

lavender b/w


lavender b/w, originally uploaded by pr9000.

Diane is my next door neighbor ... is "next door neighbor" the one directly across the street? or to the left or right of my house? .. anyway, Diane lives across the street and her porch is impeccably decorated, terribly inviting and thus is the "party porch" for our little corner of Westhaven. Once the weather turns hospitable – down here, that's late March – you'll find her out there most evenings, with an open invitation to come say hello.

Trotter and I did that today, after we finished our illegal walk today: it's illegal because we were told yesterday that neighbors had been complaining about dogs not being on their (the dogs') leashes while outside their (the dogs') yards. Apparently there are no other burning issues in this small slice of Tennessee paradise, because some pain in the ass neighbor has decided to complain that my extremely well behaved dog might not be leashed at all times.

So we took a walk in the woods. I hope the Tennessee State Patrol isn't reading this.

Anyway, after our rule-breaking walk threatened the very sanctity of the social contract and brought my yuppie subdivision one step closer to a Hobbesian free-for-all ... we stopped by Diane's, where she was holding court with her next door neighbor, Trina.

Trina told me that my Flickr site was on her daily bookmarks list. She's so sweet and has always been a huge supporter of my work. So Trina – if you're reading this, thanks!

1 comment:

JA3 said...

Where the rules exist, Mrs. Grundy and her friends will arrive to enforce them. That's why you have to be sure that you and other reasonable folks make yourselves heard at whatever self-government exists over in your little stepfordville -- because Mrs. Grundy is already there, making plans to prey on your time and wallet, with the justification "for the children" or "property values" -- because who can argue with those?