tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post3017936747817804350..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: Wordless(-ish) WednesdayMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-27796206784402891432008-07-12T22:19:00.000-04:002008-07-12T22:19:00.000-04:00Your porch looks so inviting! I came here via HBM....Your porch looks so inviting! <BR/><BR/>I came here via HBM. I just completed your survey. Blogging privacy is a subject matter close to my heart, these days. Plus, I can never resist surveys from UW: it's my alma mater.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567374243896229606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-17937663163803944762008-06-27T05:21:00.000-04:002008-06-27T05:21:00.000-04:00Yeah, it must be strange to reconcile yourself and...Yeah, it must be strange to reconcile yourself and your values with participation in a community like that, isn't it? And yet, you seem happy and so long as you continue to recognise how privileged you are (which, I know, you do), you'll stay true to you. The goal is that every child would grow up in a neighbourhood like that, no?NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-44172110307288915692008-06-23T02:04:00.000-04:002008-06-23T02:04:00.000-04:00Sounds beautiful!Sounds beautiful!Kidlicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346538477008720022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-24998510691546634142008-06-21T22:41:00.000-04:002008-06-21T22:41:00.000-04:00i'm so glad you are happy. and aren't front porch...i'm so glad you are happy. and aren't front porches WONDERFUL!!??Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-24538747267072360492008-06-21T13:13:00.000-04:002008-06-21T13:13:00.000-04:00Sounds great. That is the kind of neighborhood we'...Sounds great. That is the kind of neighborhood we'd like to find.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-53070459661485635132008-06-19T16:47:00.000-04:002008-06-19T16:47:00.000-04:00Neighbourhood is everything, isn't it?Neighbourhood is everything, isn't it?Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-2444627674069396652008-06-19T15:13:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:13:00.000-04:00It sounds lovely - definitely worth uprooting for ...It sounds lovely - definitely worth uprooting for 500 yards of peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-76480866207638838362008-06-18T21:48:00.000-04:002008-06-18T21:48:00.000-04:00I've been waiting for this post. I'm so glad that...I've been waiting for this post. I'm so glad that the new place feels like home, even if that leaves you bemused at what home has become.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-52523789720239515912008-06-18T19:08:00.000-04:002008-06-18T19:08:00.000-04:00it sounds fabulous, Mimi, and yet i get, i think, ...it sounds fabulous, Mimi, and yet i get, i think, the strangeness of the fit with who you might have thought you'd become.<BR/><BR/>i must say it sounds better than the dilapidated crack house across the street from us...though we do have great neighbours on either side, one older couple, one much younger than we. but both are renters. and no kids. so i have a little envy... :)Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-71489396393201556652008-06-18T16:51:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:51:00.000-04:00I know. This is EXACTLY what I love about our bloc...I know. This is EXACTLY what I love about our block, why I am more willing to renovate for a decade than to just move. On the weekends and after work, the kids play on the street together, the adults standing around chatting, maybe sipping a beer together. There are dinner invites and playdates and barbecues, casual stops for conversation, favours of lawn-watering or mail-gathering exchanged, kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-77067617548958224692008-06-18T16:39:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:39:00.000-04:00It sounds like a fantastic neighborhood... sigh......It sounds like a fantastic neighborhood... sigh... I wish ours was more like it.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-29131595048629912392008-06-18T16:32:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:32:00.000-04:00I want a front porch. A front patio is just NOT th...I want a front porch. A front patio is just NOT the same. <BR/><BR/>Psst...how are the new window casings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-58769165169292523072008-06-18T16:02:00.000-04:002008-06-18T16:02:00.000-04:00It sounds like a NICE place. Edgy neighborhoods ar...It sounds like a NICE place. Edgy neighborhoods are only fun until you have kids and then all that bohemianism starts feeling kind of bad.<BR/>Welcome to my front porch club! We few, we lucky few.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-20756102397494540912008-06-18T14:26:00.000-04:002008-06-18T14:26:00.000-04:00I'm envious. Our current neighbourhood was a disap...I'm envious. Our current neighbourhood was a disappointment, because I had dreams of a place like yours. Our new neighbourhood is mostly old folks, so we're just hoping that younger people will move in over time.<BR/><BR/>Gorgeous front porch!cinnamon gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363288586285868779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-7092272998068394042008-06-18T13:48:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:48:00.000-04:00A front porch is one thing that I am looking for i...A front porch is one thing that I am looking for in our next (and hopefully FINAL home). Your street sounds lovely, with a real community. I wish it were somewhere in our city here, we'd start house hunting there straight away!Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-8019633737344788112008-06-18T13:19:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:19:00.000-04:00You had me at the photo but the description has me...You had me at the photo but the description has me wistful. It is exactly like I remember growing up. Every kid, every family deserves that sense of community.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-24767917971677440652008-06-18T13:00:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:00:00.000-04:00You know, we have lived here for about four years ...You know, we have lived here for about four years and it's only this year that we've begun to really interact with our neighbours. It turns out, they're okay. It's something I've been meaning to write about for awhile now, too. Your neighbourhood sounds like my dream neighbourhood. Congratulations, you certainly have earned it!Amy Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011605158544190413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-35583571900962713152008-06-18T11:50:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:50:00.000-04:00Sounds like home.Sounds like home.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575007011115306127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-83783338933893337142008-06-18T11:33:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:33:00.000-04:00It sounds wonderful. After all that you've been th...It sounds wonderful. After all that you've been through-it's fitting. Enjoy your new life in your new neighborhood!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147148590536843781noreply@blogger.com