I think I can finally identify with Rose. I'm afraid I drive through St. Olaf (by another name, of course) every day when I go to work. Probably not an atypical little rural town, but no one could accuse them of being in the top ten areas for MENSA members per capita!
Same route every day (boring, isn't it?) so I notice things that change, and things that don't change.
Before I go any further with this, I'll say that this is year #2 for a similar observation; so I know it's not just an oversight. Here's the setup. Fairly nice house and yard, a few derelict items scattered about, but not too bad. At one corner of the house is a nice looking, fairly new (by all appearances) yard tractor. But I'm not sure the owner really understands the concept. I've never seen the tractor moved since I noticed it, and there is grass growing around and under it that's longer than the surrounding lawn. Apparantly, the owner of the property uses a regular mower to keep the yard.
If you don't see irony here, leave a comment and I'll ignore you.
(not really...)
Hope you enjoy this.
