Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Things I Like About Lawrence Park

In no particular order...

Short commute to work

Great place to walk dogs

Trees

Dairy Queen within walking distance

Library within walking distance

Four Mile Creek across the street from my house

Listening to the creek during still, quiet summer months

Neighbors who help me chase after a runaway dog

Variety of birds in the trees

Within walking distance of the Gardners

Gotta love a place that has a Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks

Wednesday evening concerts in the Gazebo during the summer

Taking the dogs to Iroquois High School football games (where Grace performs her community service by eating the chewing gum off the parking lots and sidewalks)

Listening to the High School Band practice

The sight, sound and smell of fall leaves

The sweet smell of everyone's lilac bushes in bloom in early June

Neighbors who snowplow my sidewalk while I sleep in

There are plenty more reasons, but these are the ones that came to mind while I was walking the dogs this evening.

2 comments:

Adiel said...

Most of the things you mentioned are things that I, too, enjoy about living in this neighborhood- except listening to the marching band! First, it starts out annoying and out of tune, then as they get better you find yourself humming along and the worst part is when you find yourself humming along when they're not even playing! Aaahhhh!

Gabrielle said...

I loved growing up in Lawrence Park. And, just like Adiel, I agree with everything you said except for the marching band. Though you are several blocks away from them so maybe you can't hear the band leader yelling at the band like we could. There was often one person every year who couldn't help calling down the wrath of Mr. Chase. It was kinda difficult when we had a bandy living with us to mock the band to their full potential, but we still did the best we could.

Long live Lawrence Park! And long live the Iroquois Marching Band!