It was a beautiful evening here-- only a little bit cool, almost no wind-- so I went for a walk around 7 PM. Other people were out and about-- a young couple also out for their walk, several little girls out riding their bikes, a neighbor out working on his flower beds.
The neighbors who live in the house where the boys used to live have a large, pit bull type dog. It was sitting up in front of the window, looking out at the world going past. A few houses down, the little rat terrier I've petted many times came running out to greet me. Of course, he got more pets. And the black shepherd type dog that guards a house where a young Native American couple live with their children rushed out to the end of its rope/chain barking like mad, but wagging its tail the whole time.
On the other side of town, one man was mowing his lawn, while a few doors down the family was out burning brush and branches that came down in the wind a few days ago, and getting the ground ready for their garden. Other neighbors were out in their lawns, chatting across the property line to the folks who live next to them.
In all, a very pleasant evening to be outside.
