Our Very Cool Street

Last night was trick-or-treat night in our neighborhood. We couldn’t ask for a better night for Halloween to fall on than a Saturday. Everyone had all day to prepare.

My mom and sister came over to hand out candy with us and the neighbors. Mom looked up and down the street and said we had such a cool street and great neighbors. I glanced around and have to admit we really do! Up and down the street were lots of fire pits out at the end of driveways and almost every neighbor was either in their own driveway or on someone else’s to hand out candy. We had 4 house holds next door in Kim’s driveway to hand out the goodies so this was a treasure stop for the kids.

Kim had made a salsa dip, had candy corn and cookies, and later skyline dip and chips for the adults hanging at her house. The fire pit was going and she had a bunch of cold beer too! The teens from “The house of sin” were there for part of the fun as well. One of the teens dad dubbed the folks across the street the house of sin because it is rare everyone gathers there and doesn’t end up a bit tipsy. His daughter runs with their daughter so there are always a bunch of teens around after school and on weekends, all of which are fun to be around.

The adults on our street are great. Throughout the night adults would wander up and down to the driveways to socialize while handing out the candy, sharing laughs and a beer or two. It reminded me of the wind storm a little over a year ago that knocked out power to almost the entire region for up to a week or more. We were without it for 4 days. During that time most of us were outside sitting in driveways and at night had the fire pits going, we all grilled during the day and shared laughs and beer together waiting for life to return to normal. Some made new friends, some caught up with old ones. Everyone enjoyed it so much there was a collective groan when the power returned one evening.

We all watch out for each other here, keeping an eye out for trouble, chasing each others trash cans on windy days, pitching in when a neighbor has an issue. It really is a very cool street full of great people. We are blessed to live on such a great street!