Interesting meeting . . .

Caught this guy sneaking around the neighborhood.

Two legged Great Egret

There were quite a few neighbors at the first Home Owners Association Meeting and a second meeting has already been set for June. We even had one of our Livingston Parish representatives at the meeting. Besides the concern with one gentleman trying to sell his acre of land and house for commercial purposes the quest for city sewer lines also came up. That might be costly but I would certainly go for it. These engineered systems aren't too great. Sewers in ditches isn't very pretty or at times aromatic! There was also concern about having a neighborhood watch which I think is a good idea but the concern about a subdivision sign so people know where you live seems silly to me. I think we were the only ones who didn't put an x in the box to show that was an important concern for us! Everyone agreed that they did not want to have a commercial building at the entrance to the subdivision off of Juban and it is already being looked at by Parish officials or Denham Springs officials. I haven't got this whole Parish/City politics thing figured out yet. We seem to have more elected officials than there are streets in DS. At least we're on the right track and in two years I believe that as long as a majority of the home owners sign off on it we can renew the ordinance that says no property can be sold for commercial purposes in Ashland Plantation.

The idea of a neighborhood watch was interesting to me today because as I walked my usual rounds this morning two young men, one dragging a beer can behind him on a string walked from Juban into the neighborhood. I said hello to them as I always greet people as I walk around and continued my walk. When I turned around in front of the Big House they ended up walking up Ashland Bend in front of me. I guess the tall thin kid got a little shamefaced about dragging the beer can on the road just to make noise because he slung it around his neck. I was bothered a bit because when they walked by the house across from ours where there is a large fifth wheel travel trailer the shorter, dirty blond young man took his phone out of his pocket and I didn't see him raise it to speak on it but it seemed to me he showed an interest in the travel trailer. I decided to lengthen my walk to see where these two kids lived if they were a part of the neighborhood so I kept walking behind them until they turned left on Brown Road. The shorter, blond kid kinda slowed down to let me pass him and did speak a few words about the beautiful day for a walk. Maybe I shouldn't have been suspicious since school is out now and perhaps they were just taking a shortcut home but still I was a bit leary because not too many people walk here except the people who live here. It may have been just an innocent walk through along with the Egret fly through earlier!

Almost time to leave for my Snoball at Deb's inWalker. Hope she's open and not busy! I feel a need for a blackberry or blueberry Snoball!

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