Walking, Scavenging, Neighbouring...

I've been doing some walking lately (one of my fav forms of exercise) and I've been following the same route for the most part and really checking out the houses along the way. There are some really beautifully kept homes in my neighbourhood. And I was reminded of this house in Washington on the rural roads of Blaine/Birch Bay, that I used to drive by regularly, that was always decorated for the seasons/holidays (even the little ones...back to school for example).

One day (around Christmas time) I decided to write them a card and tell them how my friends and family and I would drive by their house with the excitement of anticipation...what would it look like? How would it be decorated? And it didn't ever disappoint. I stealthily left a card on their door step, after stopping my car just past their house and running like a madwoman (not wanting to get caught in the act - wanting it to be an anonymous kindness). Such a simple thing to decorate their house and I bet they had no idea the happiness it caused (and then they did). I'm feeling like I might have to get into this again and drop off a few cards along my walking route. Good Neighbouring (new verb?) - worth a try.

In other news, I received one of my scavenger hunts back on July 25th! In that particular one (to some writing students) I asked for 4 things (a book spine poem, a 6 word story, something that starts with G that makes them happy, and their best knock knock joke). Thank you Miss H for being first and for full documentation - you rock!

And then later that day, my nieces sent me a picture of one of their scavenger hunt tasks (write on a banana with a ball point pen).

 



And I did hear some complaints from them too, "My Mom keeps throwing out the striped rocks" and "Seriously there are no pennies from 2002" (the year my middle niece was born - she's looked everywhere). I love it! And now I may have to be on the hunt for a 2002 penny (which will be a bit harder now that we have outlawed the penny so to speak). I also received this very cool postcard (I believe all hand drawn) - thanks Sage!

4 pieces heading out!

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