We really miss our neighbors. We're pretty convinced we had the best neighbors you could ask for. As we all worked on projects around our new homes and acreage, we especially loved watching across our dirt road to see what Steve & Tammy were up to.
Not long before we left, they put up a beautiful white split rail fence that in a way framed in their property. We watched the hours and hours each weekend {and even evenings after work} as they measured and walked it out, leveled and dug to get it just right.
They have a way of doing everything the right way- something we not only admire but strive to do ourselves with our home and property. Everything just looks so nice. I definitely don't think quality is overrated. I can't exactly say the same about our neighbors here. As I think about that perfectly positioned white fence back in Kansas, I've especially noticed the crooked boards and tied up pieces that make what are known to them as fences.
I guess Johannes' chickens were getting out, so a couple weeks ago he threw up this fencing around the upper edge of the coop. Functional? I still see chickens and the rooster out everywhere, so maybe it was to serve a different purpose. Maybe, they're just sneaky and get out when he's not around. Attractive? Not in our opinion.
This last week on the other side, the German threw these slats of wood up on the sides of his chicken enclosure. Within a couple hours, I think his task was completed and {to us} it shows.
Everyone has their own way of doing things- we get that. I think we're already excited to get back to a house of our own to do things our way.
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For how nit picky the Germans are about sweeping the street and keeping things super neat and clean, you would think they would be perfectionists on projects too. Apparantly not. USA misses you.
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