Sometimes neighbours surprise you...

[speckledhen]

Oh, my goodness, I saw two of those at the flea market yesterday, LOL. Funny rooster!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

That is sooooo adorable!

It would be perfect in a little garden next to your coop!

 

[Lunachick]

I like that! Enjoy your new rooster.

 

[Shared Acres]

That's very nice!

When we lived closer to people we didn't know their names either. Mostly because their were lots of people moving in and out and usually didn't care for their behaviors anyways.

Nowadays though, we pretty much know everyone on our road--probably because they are always drinking on their porch and coming and knocking on our door begging for money--lol!

 

[MagsC]

Thats great! Sometimes I just want to give up on people in general, but its one of these moments that makes me think twice.

 

[FlockEweFarm]

Yes, sometimes they do, and sometimes the good folks on here encourage us to do things that help us to find that our neighbors can suprise us. Dacjohns has been a kind word of support and compassion to me through some of my tough times of late, and just the other day I felt that it was time to 'pay forward' the kindness. I was having a yard sale, selling more of my treasures in the hopes of keeping food on the table while the ex has been off work, and one of my neighbors S/O's stopped by,(violating the neighborhood "Dont shop at your neighbors yardsale") he walked around looking uncomfortable, and I just felt that after 8 years of not speaking, not waving, not even making eye contact, enough was enough, and I said,"Hi, how are you guys doing?" I know she has been on layoff and she has been having yard sales as well, so it was an honest question. We both made small talk for a moment or two, and then I said," Look, I know that she and I have had issues in the past, but enough is enough, and times are tough and neighbors need to support each other. I have connections in construction, and she is my neighbor so if things go bad, my kids need a safe place to run to and she would be about it, so I want to say that I am sorry for being a bad neighbor in the past, and I want to start over and be friends." He bought a tent off of me and shook my hand and left. When I delivered the tent a day later, I spoke to her for the first time in 8 years, and it turns out that we have so much in common it is bizarre! She is a really nice person, and she never had a problem with me, its been with my ex-husband, (who will hopefully be out of my house and gone by next weekend!!!!

to either a new place or prison) and I have a new friend that like coffee as much as I do, and who is a single mom, making it on her own, and if she can do it, so can I, so neighbors can surprise you, they can help you find yourself and your courage.
She is also and ally against the evil neighbor!!

 

[the simple life]

Brenda, so great to hear. Now you need to get that rooster a girlfriend.

You should leave it out on your steps so I can ride by and figure out which house is yours.
Or I could kidnap it and hold it for ransom.
Hey maybe we can get that hawk off our back, leave it out in the yard and see if the stupid thing swoops down and grabs it, hope he breaks his stupid beak.
But as we know that is another story.

Great to hear about the neighbors, I guess I have been pretty lucky with mine.
There is only one that is kind of a priss about everything, the kids, the dogs, the chickens, and he is a little sarcastic, I kill him with kindness and my husband scares him so its working out so far.

 

[Chicabee19]

Most people don't really want to hate or fight. (tho' some are just full of hate and there is nothing you can do to change them).

When I was a middle school teacher I noticed so many feuds going on (usually between 2 girls). Both would cry over the mean things they did to each other, usually egged on by their friends.

I held 'stop the hate' gatherings in my classroom. The idea was that kids who were fighting would come there and talk about what started it, and I would try to facilitate healing between them. Many of them went on to be friends.

I always told each child that the other child did not like what was happening any more than he/she did, but people have pride and fear, and it is the pride and fear that stops them from being the first to hold out their hand in friendship or forgiveness, especially when the rest of the school is watching.

I got an award and some principals from a few other schools came to watch my gatherings.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Us Weymouth chickenfolks are gonna hafta get together for coffee someday soon...
There's another one too. HenAddiction...she's over on Lake Street.