The wife and I notice things in our neighborhood and not simply because we are any more nosy than anyone else … sometimes you just can’t help but observe.
Our street, like many around us, was designed such that all the mail boxes are set up on one side of it in pods of four with each box set atop its own post about 8 inches apart. This allows the mail carrier to deliver our bills and Christmas cards in an efficient and timely manner . I’m all for it but there is a price for all concerned .
For a start half the members of each pod are forced, like myself, to walk across the street daily in order to retrieve the mail . The other half is burdened by four posts on their property line requiring a bit more effort on mowing day should neatness count for anything . And that brings us to our first observation made 12 years ago . Neatness doesn’t count .
For twelve years every lawn day I have walked across the street and weed wacked around those four posts as no one else will step up to the task. Once in a while in silent protest I’ll just not do it only to be rewarded with the very unkempt view and once I even stop watched my weekly effort . From the garage door down the drive, across the street, weed wack and back …. 48 seconds flat and one would think that hardly worth the complaint on my part .
We’ve recently returned from a rather lengthy stay away and on our first morning back looked out to be rewarded with our first observation of interest . During our absence some one had clearly , and surprisingly taken the time to weed wack around the mail box posts. Well , three of them anyway ….
One mail box was left untouched , it’s post surrounded by a thick bush of overgrown weeds and grass and we couldn’t help but notice that it was ours ….
