Trespassers

We have an empty house next to our place. It's been empty for the entire 1.5 years that we've lived in our house. It's really not much bigger than our house, which is shoebox-sized, but still...I hate empty houses.

This lonely house has a car sitting in it's driveway. It showed up about a month ago, and has been sitting there ever since. Not really sure what it's doing. So I know someone owns the place, but they just don't seem to want to live there. Come on, we're not that bad for neighbors. Those guys behind our house, maybe...their dog likes to bark continuously at his invisible friends, but not us.



Today was particularly warm, although very breezy. (It blew our electricity out. Yes, we live in the country. Someone sneezes and the power goes out.) So the kids decided to give some company to lonely house's abandoned swing set. This thing might fall over it it wasn't for that determined rusted out paint covering it. Oh, and the weeds are helping hold it up too, I think.

I am hoping old paint and rust aren't toxic. I didn't notice anyone eating it, so I think we're good. I did notice that Tirzah scaled the ladder on the side lighting fast. I thought Merrick was my only climber. She didn't even blink...I would like a little healthy fear of heights in at least one of my kids. Please?   

Neither one of them seem to have inherited their mother's cautious nature when it comes to doing dangerous things. My stubbornness and temper, however? Definitely. You should have seen them when I tried to pry their little fingers off the swings. They also seem to be deathly afraid of wind. Tirzah tried her best to run from it, and Merrick was yelling at it. Good thing we don't live in Chicago.

Check out more shots at Trendy Treehouse, Sweet Shot, and The Happiness Project

(The last shot is my pick for this week)