Swing, Swing, Swing!

Here is a picture of our new front porch swing! I am so excited! I went out and ate breakfast on the swing, and we took Catherine out there at least 3 times just today! Last summer Johnny put up a martin bird house in the greenbelt behind the house. So, this year the martins have moved in and are eating all of the mosquitoes! It makes it so nice outside since your not being carried off by our state bird, the mosquitoe that is. Johnny got the swing up yesterday afternoon and we have really been enjoying it! I am so fortunate to have such a "handy" man for a husband! He took down the siding, reinforced the beams in order to hang the swing, and then he hung it! We are very lucky to have a neighborhood where people are constantly walking, jogging, strolling their kids, or just playing in their front yards. Consequently, we "people watch" while on the swing now. We have nicknames for certain people in our neighborhood. For example, there is a lady who has a bird that she puts on a leash, yes a leash. Then she attaches the leash to her wrist and walks the bird around the neighborhood? We have named her "crazy bird lady", I know real original but it fits I promise! Then there is "crazy walking lady". This lady parks her minivan down on another street in the neighborhood everynight around 9:00 or later. Then she gets out, sits by the curb and smokes her cigarettes. While doing this pleasant habit, she talks on her cell phone. There have been some nights where she has set her car alarm off or fight with someone on the cell phone? We know this because we are friends with the people whom she parks in front of their house! Oh, occasionally she will go walking while parking, hence the name.