people places n things
When I first moved into my current neighborhood some 11 years ago, my neighbors had several children growing up who filled the air with the sounds of young laughter. But as the years went by they all grew up and went to college or got jobs, and the neighborhood got a bit too quiet for my tastes. So a few years ago when I saw new apartment construction coming in across the street, I hoped it would bring more families with young ones to fill our streets with sounds of laughter once again. Happily that's exactly what happened.
Now personally I find the sound of children laughing and playing as therapeutic to our good health as is the sounds of the birds singing in the trees. Speaking of birds, a few months ago when I came home, I stopped at my mailbox and noticed Yalani pictured here, and her friends come running across the street and pick up a young bird that was sitting on the sidewalk near my cactus plant. Well since wild birds don't just let you walk up and pick them up I went into the house and brought out my camera to investigate this unusual event.
