Neighbor swaps their used trash can for your brand new one, WWYD?
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Comments (6)Hi Stardust! My friend, Storygardener aka Beverly does the central Ohio swap (I help.) We may be coming to yours. We'll have to see as time gets closer. You can check out how we do it on our thread, "Central Ohio Plant Swap and Pot Luck May 15" This is our fourth year and out way seems to work really well. Everyone has a good time and goes home with something and a full belly. We don't worry about what folks bring for the lunch. I figure that the stress of keeping track of how many of what kind of dish is coming is more of a problem than eating dessert for lunch. (One meal of sugar hasn't caused me to suffer malnutition yet!) We do a round robin swap so that everyone gets at least one thing that they really like. You can read the details on our thread. You are also welcome to come to ours to see how we do it. We have folks from as far away as Michigan and Pittsburgh come. Let us know if you have any specific questions. I hope that we can make it to your swap! Happy Spring! Mimi Hope that we can come....See MoreNEW: Our Bloomin Friends - Sept. Swap: Show Off Your State
Comments (147)Morning! My super package arrived from Melody on Saturday. I can't believe HOW much she got into that box! In my amazing "California" box was: ~2 Japanese Balloons for the kids (so cute!) ~a California mix CD. Haven't listened to it yet, but can't wait!The note says these song remind Melody about California :) I Left My Heart in San Fransisco...I love this song! ~Plant stakes ~A Beautiful Flower hair clip. Taylor wore this to school today! Did you make this? It is SO pretty! ~Maxea Plant Food. This is a California Company ~A Cable Car Post Card ~California Note Cards. Printed in Del Monte Oaks, Monterey. ~Ghirardelli Chocolate...another California Company! YUMMY!! ~California Native Seeds: Poppy: Confetti Mix And more seeds! ~Viola: Sorbet Marina Babyface ~Salvia: Forest Fire ~Columbine: Mrs. Scott Elliot ~Nigella: Bridal Veil ~Crocomosia: Lucifer ~Nigella: Persian Violet ~Nigella: Mulberry Rose I really need to look some of these up. I bet they are just gorgeous! Melody, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This was a most thoughtful and thought out package. Every single part was a special California touch :) Everything was wrapped with adorable fuzzy ribbon and labeled with cute little sayings. This was just so thoughtful! I can't thank you enough! And, I'm so happy to see that my box made it to you. I was hoping you didn't have that daylily already. It seemed fitting since I'm part of the "big apple", lol. :) Have a super day everyone! vina ps. I'm posting October right now. Who's ready for some spooky fun? pss. THANKS AGAIN MELODY!...See MoreNeighbor putting trash can in front of my house
Comments (35)I have the same problem with obstinated neighbors, I dont know if the City could help me with 3 trash cans placed for my neightbors 24/7 in front to my property, because they said ” Street is my Property ” so I’m tried looking my house like a ghetto…...See MoreOT--Neighbors' trashy yards---WWYD?
Comments (42)This is an interesting subject, and I'll just throw my own story in, too. When we moved into the neighborhood, I pretty much thought the man across the street must be a hoarder. You know, the typical appliances in the driveway that never went away started creeping down the length of the house, the paint was chipped off the house and trim, lots of vehicles, etc. It was really an eyesore, especially for us across the street. A neighbor who had been in the area a long time spoke to me about it. He said that man had been in the neighborhood for 50 years and had done a lot to help neighbors out over the years. He was elderly now. We concocted a scheme to offer to buy materials and paint his home for him. Like many elders (and Americans), he was fiercely independent so it was touchy how to approach it. Luckily, I was painting my own home at the time and we could chalk the materials up to left overs. In any case, the man was very grateful and allowed us to freshen up his house. Meanwhile, another neighbor took up moving and fertilizing his lawn. Not so very long after, his adult son came to visit and realized his dad had advanced Altzheimers. (He was living with a relative, so we assumed his health was being taken care of). Adult son and his wife took over, taking care of dad and the disrepair found inside. Which is great, but I'll always wonder if we should have somehow known how bad things were and gotten his family involved somehow sooner. They are haunted by that question, too. I glad we were able to help out and take a non-confrontational, cooperative approach. Not that it always works out, I know. Things have to be desperately bad for the city to get involved and even then, there's a lot of ethical and legal tension between concepts of privacy, automony and freedom on one hand and welfare and safety and the good of the whole on the other. Not unlike what you see with child protective services... I came from a region in the country (small town Iowa) where the motto was "Do whatever you want, but do not disturb your neighbors". Here in Alaska, it seems a lot of people think they are homesteading even in an urban setting... I consider home and yard upkeep to be part of my civic and community contribution. Taking care of my own postage stamp (which is about the size of my house and yard) is the least I can do. Wish everyone felt that way, but I also realize some who do are faced with barriers and don't have the resources to do it. I hope that isn't me, someday....See MoreJoy
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