Apparently people celebrate Cinco de Mayo here by having garage sales. I was the only neighbor (well, almost) who wasn't having a garage sale yesterday. People are SERIOUS here about garage sales. As in ever available spot to park was filled with bargain hunters. I left for a few minutes to buy flowers to make my porch pretty. Here's how it turned out:
Meanwhile, people came and went to the garage sales. Unfortunately, some really big trucks thought they could fit in parking spots they couldn't fit into, partially blocking my driveway. So it began:
Me: I'm sorry, that's going to be a problem. I can't get out of my driveway if you park there.
Garage saler: Are you leaving right now?
Me: I will be leaving soon. You can't block my driveway.
Garage saler: I'll just be a minute.
Me: No, you can't do that.
Garage saler sighs and finds another spot down the street.
This happened multiple times. I think I got one pot done per conversation about why people couldn't block my driveway. Anyhow, here's the window box:
I have no problem with people parking on the street. But I only have a single-car driveway, and when cars are parked in every available spot on both sides of the street, that narrows the road AND reduces visibility when I need to pull out (as I did, since, oh yeah, it was graduation yesterday afternoon). Here's a shot of the last of the porch pots:
Oops-- forgot to turn this one. The previous tenants left this big trellis pot dealie, so I thought I'd plant a climbing rose in it. Hope it grows fast . . .
I feel your pain. My neighbors have a yearly big garage sale and invite all the neighbors to join in which I never do. But since we live in a culdesac with limited parking space it makes the day a nightmare for me!!! Beautiful flower pots! I need to get busy! My yard still looks like it did all winter!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, last night my landlord told me his son, who owns the house, is going to move back in this July. Good thing the pots are portable . . .
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