That's a nice deck!boars_heartAugust 7 2010, 03:54:56 UTC
I'm digging the view of your neighborhood in the background, too---Spokane was FULL of neighborhoods like yours, block after block full of big old Victorians and low, rambling Craftsmans, everything from high Queen Anne fancy and wildly eclectic (Pasadena's most famous architect of the era started out in Spokane and built scores of breathtakingly original Victorian-era mansions there) to farmhouse plain . . . most with big, generous porches and enormous yard trees.
I really miss that here. We've got a couple small historic neighborhoods and that's it. One of the reasons I bought in the subdivision I did is that all the houses have porches and it's got that Cape Cod, cottage-y feel.
Re: That's a nice deck!kymsuzannAugust 9 2010, 02:41:58 UTC
Thank you! :)
We love our neighborhood, as I have made no secret of in my posts. Our haus is the oldest on the block, circa 1880, and the youngest would date around 1910. It's a Family oriented neighborhood. I think that's basic Iowa small town morals and values in action: we watch out for your kids and we trust that you watch out for ours. I'm making peanut better cookies and have no eggs, I borrow from my neighbors and then repay the loan with a plate full of the baked goods. Being neighborly, is all that is.
Cape Cod-ish would be A-OK with me if Victorian wasn't an option. Do you invite your neighbors over for a good beer on a nice evening? Share the wealth of your garden with them? Take them a plate of your baked goods? This is how we establish connection with our neighbors in this (and any Iowan) community.
Other good ways of fostering a sense of community is street wide garage sales or street parties. Give it a try Boar. People want to belong to a neighborhood. I bet you would get better results than you imagine.
Right now, the biggest community-building I'm doing is yardwork (I not only keep up the local standard, I help my neighbors with their lawn care methods, sharing tips and techniques and compliments) and . . . Halloween. That's a big deal here, with decorating up and passing out candy to everyone's kids.
I put a new neighbor's mailbox in for them, too. Young black woman with no tools and no clue, lol.
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I really miss that here. We've got a couple small historic neighborhoods and that's it. One of the reasons I bought in the subdivision I did is that all the houses have porches and it's got that Cape Cod, cottage-y feel.
~Boar
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We love our neighborhood, as I have made no secret of in my posts. Our haus is the oldest on the block, circa 1880, and the youngest would date around 1910. It's a Family oriented neighborhood. I think that's basic Iowa small town morals and values in action: we watch out for your kids and we trust that you watch out for ours. I'm making peanut better cookies and have no eggs, I borrow from my neighbors and then repay the loan with a plate full of the baked goods. Being neighborly, is all that is.
Cape Cod-ish would be A-OK with me if Victorian wasn't an option. Do you invite your neighbors over for a good beer on a nice evening? Share the wealth of your garden with them? Take them a plate of your baked goods? This is how we establish connection with our neighbors in this (and any Iowan) community.
Other good ways of fostering a sense of community is street wide garage sales or street parties. Give it a try Boar. People want to belong to a neighborhood. I bet you would get better results than you imagine.
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I put a new neighbor's mailbox in for them, too. Young black woman with no tools and no clue, lol.
~Boar
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