Whenever our kids described to their friends where we lived they would say - 'Our house is next to the orange house with the huge-as cactus.' That is quite true and every once in a while the 'huge-as cactus' flowers! Just like it did recently. I popped my head out the window one morning and there they were. Wow! They never stay long but they make quite a show despite the brevity of their appearance!In that orange house live our lovely neighbors - ordinary, rural townsfolk but thoroughly lovely! He passed away at the end of last year, in his eighties. When he was 19 years old he was a bomber pilot in the 2nd World War. Later he and his wife had a shop that sold curtain's and blinds. His van had a sign that read - 'Blind Man Driving.' He had a great sense of humour and he would often give us cheek over the hedge! He'd say, 'Press on reward-less.' or 'I love hard work - I could watch it all day.' We are so glad to have such nice neighbors!
Good neighbours are a blessing, we have been in our house for nearly 16 years now and have had some fantastic ones and some real shockers. Luckily at the moment we have a lovely young family who look like staying :-)
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Aw, he sounds lovely! We're lucky we have nice neighbours as well.
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