Several blogs I read have some sort of Friday round-up....links they like, what they read this week, WTF Friday.....One of the things I love about living in Yeoville is being able to watch all the weird and wonderful (and terrible) things that happen out my window. So, here's my first weekly list. Next month, I'll add pictures! But the building is still sorting out our wireless connection, so for now you'll have to use your imagination.
1. The evangelical churches have set up a candle light vigil around the palm trees in the park. I have no idea what it is for, but there are candles burning on the ground all night. With the park currently full of litter and dry grass it's probably a fire hazard. But charming.
2. The Red Ants evicted a whole building just down Frances street. It was 8:00 at night and cold. Even though it was horrific, it became a bit of a street party; the evictees blocked off the road with bonfires, and lined the streets with couches and beds. Within a couple days, things had largely been cleared out, people must have made arrangements....Several buildings were hit last month, I wonder if that means investors are coming in?
3. The rat living in the drainpipe across the street had babies. It should probably make me go EW, but they're actually quite cute to watch scampering in and out of the storm drain. If they come too close, we may have to invest in a building cat. But for now, we seem to have achieved a comfortable urban symbiosis.
4. The building facing my kitchen had a tenant move out on Monday. Tuesday, they put up a To Let sign. Wednesday, someone moved in. They haven't been there long enough for me to know anything about them (except their curtains are white), but it gives me hope that I may be able to let me place out quickly, should the need ever arise. That said, my rent would probably be triple what a family pays for the living room across the way.
5. The Sunday Soccer Spectacle. Having decimated the north side of the lawn, the game has now moved right below my window. Blood was actually drawn last weekend about one of the referee's calls.
1. The evangelical churches have set up a candle light vigil around the palm trees in the park. I have no idea what it is for, but there are candles burning on the ground all night. With the park currently full of litter and dry grass it's probably a fire hazard. But charming.
2. The Red Ants evicted a whole building just down Frances street. It was 8:00 at night and cold. Even though it was horrific, it became a bit of a street party; the evictees blocked off the road with bonfires, and lined the streets with couches and beds. Within a couple days, things had largely been cleared out, people must have made arrangements....Several buildings were hit last month, I wonder if that means investors are coming in?
3. The rat living in the drainpipe across the street had babies. It should probably make me go EW, but they're actually quite cute to watch scampering in and out of the storm drain. If they come too close, we may have to invest in a building cat. But for now, we seem to have achieved a comfortable urban symbiosis.
4. The building facing my kitchen had a tenant move out on Monday. Tuesday, they put up a To Let sign. Wednesday, someone moved in. They haven't been there long enough for me to know anything about them (except their curtains are white), but it gives me hope that I may be able to let me place out quickly, should the need ever arise. That said, my rent would probably be triple what a family pays for the living room across the way.
5. The Sunday Soccer Spectacle. Having decimated the north side of the lawn, the game has now moved right below my window. Blood was actually drawn last weekend about one of the referee's calls.
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