Neighbors With Helping Hands

 I was having a dryer issue last week, so I finally called an appliance company to come out and look at it.  The dryer coils were wearing out, so he replaced them, cleaned out all the filters, and it's getting heat now.  The cost wasn't too bad, and less than buying a new dryer.  This one is only about five years old.  

Last Monday, early in the morning, I noticed a deer across the street at my neighbor's house.  She was munching on something in the yard, maybe her roses?

Then, later in the afternoon, I saw a deer walk right past my fence in the front of my yard.  It might have been the same deer.  I will forever be amazed when I see this special animal come to my house, as I've lived in the suburbs all my life, and didn't have the pleasure of that experience.  All the pics were taken through the window because once they see my camera, they don't stay for long.

She then walked over to my neighbor's property, crossed the street to check out the dogs,

and darted back into the woods.

The trick to my Yummy tacos is deep frying the tortillas, whether they are corn or flour.

This is Nel's birthday meal.  I'm not a fish person, but everything looked delicious.  They made the salmon and rice, and then got a crawfish etoufee from the Creole restaurant in the village to go with it.

The cake was a chocolate ganache from Trader Joe's.  It was all so good!

This picture shouts "summer" to me.

Nel took Mia to the beach to look for sea shells, and explore.  I think these shells are muscles.

And some home pics.  I gave many of my tea cups away, except a couple special ones that Nel brought back from her travels to Boston.  They were too small to drink out of, and I want to get a couple new ones from Home Goods when I go there this Fall.

And my new little item, because even when others cast a shadow over our heads, I hope to always love.

I have good neighbors here.  We have been talking a lot this week, and they are always lending a helping hand.  We got new bright green garbage containers, and my neighbor came over and took my old ones and hauled them away.  My other next door neighbor told me about Watch Duty that alerts you of the wildfires that are in the area, and gives updates on them.  These are little deeds coming from neighbors with helping hands. When I look back, I've had pretty good neighbors in all the homes I've lived in, but there were a few exceptions.  I remember one neighbor's Chihuahua that used to bark constantly when her people were at work all day.  I was not pleased about that at all.  Then, there was the house across the street with neighbors who literally lived in their front yard.  They would sit on chairs in their driveway and stare; made me uncomfortable. 😕  We had friendly and nice neighbors too.  When we moved to the two-story housing subdivision, there was the attractive couple who appeared to be perfect.  He had a work-out gym in their home, and she decorated her house so wonderfully that it looked like something out of the magazine, House Beautiful.  She invited me over, and it was fun getting ideas about decorating daughters' bedrooms.  Other neighbors' kids used to hang out at our house for hours.  That didn't bother me, as I feel most comfortable around children.  They're special, and only truth comes out of their mouths.  They may blurt something out, but it's the honest to goodness truth.  I love that about them.  So, tell me, do you have good neighbors or maybe annoying ones?