True conversation.
When Ernest was on a trip a few months ago, I seized the opportunity to clean up his room. While washing the window, I happened to spy the mess in my neighbor's side yard. He had dragged boxes of junk over there a couple years ago when a yard sale was rained out, and has been adding to the piles ever since.
(Funny, this did look a bit like Ernest's room, but Ernest's mess was not covered with pine needles.)
This is just a small section...it extends the length of the side yard next to both his house and our shared fence.
The other day I heard scrabbling noises from the other side of the fence. Hence my need to get into Ernest's room to see what was going on.
There's still a bunch of junk but he seems to have sorted it out a bit. Is he planning another yard sale? He has made a barrier out of firewood at the front of the yard to hide the mess from the street.
I will note any further developments.
Harriet the Spy, signing off.
UPDATE: Saturday 9:00 a.m. I was right. There is a yard sale.
UPDATE: Saturday 9:00 a.m. I was right. There is a yard sale.
6 comments:
all i can picture when i look at that is spiders making their webs...gross!!!
OHMYFUCHINGGOD
Either that, or the rats are getting organized...
Ha ha! I like Karen's idea.
My sister has a neighbor like that, although she's been accumulating stuff for much longer --she's kind of scary.
Relief that it's a yard sale and not a re-organized mess!
ugh. my neighbors garage and house looked like that until he died and his family through out dumpsters of stuff.
and this is also why i am decluttering my attic NOW.
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