Monday, June 30, 2025

My former neighbor was a driveway lawn chair sitter, and he had a nice deck in the back. And yeah, he was the best source of neighborhood gossip. People in the Midwest also like to hold parties in the garage. Why? I know you have rooms in your house. Why can't you entertain me inside?

I understand it if you are supervising little kids. Driveways are fun for drawing with chalk, and riding trikes.

We have a genuine front porch. Its not huge, but I love it so much. We have a deck in the back, and it is bigger. That's where the outdoor dining table is, so that's where we entertain if we're dining al fresco :) But for paper reading, the front porch has the cushiest chairs.

They did that a lot in my old neighborhood in Florida. We also had screens on our garages, so people could sit in the garage if the bugs were out. Which was weird to me because we all had lanais in the from but we were among the few who actually used it. But we also had a completely shaded and very private lanai because of the vegetation growing in front of it. It blocked the light from the house but made the lanai a great place to sit.