In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Good Fences?.”

Who are my neighbors?  Those who live on the other side of the “fence”?  On the right side I have a lovely neighbor, she has a Labrador Retriever named “Sam”, he always makes his presence known by barking whenever he comes outside.  I love Labradors, and our neighbor is always pleasant.

My neighbors on the left are good friends to us.  We enjoy each other’s company, and help each other, we BBQ, and go out to dinner at times, as well.  We look out for each other’s well being, and share a drink, coffee, wine, or beer, sitting on our deck, or under their gazebo in their back yard.  I think our neighborhood is caring, and during the winter, and times of power outages, we all help each other by sharing our showers and gas stove, or wood, for the wood burning stoves many of us own to heat our homes.

Summer time is wood collecting/splitting time, the neighbors get together and share their log splitters, or hand split the wood together.

Our neighbor Joe, has a riding lawn mower, he cuts his grass, and then will cut ours, its been this way for some time, we appreciate his efforts very much.

John is always ready to help our neighbors whenever they call.  John (my husband) is part of what makes this neighborhood a nice place to live.  I believe you get what you give, and by so doing, our neighbor’s are some of the best anyone could ask for.