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I forgot to buy a new razor today so after I got home from work Craig and I took a walk over to our local CVS pharmacy. On the way to the pharmacy we encountered a house that I think every neighborhood has. It's the house that has way too many lawn ornaments decorating it.

Because I live in the city, there really is no lawn to accessorize. It's really just a 5x5' plot of grass that has been chain-linked in. And the people who live there have planted every imaginable cheesy yard trinket -- the Holy Goalie is surrounded by various gnomes, holiday decorations, fake deer, plastic flamingoes, stone statues, bird baths, etc.

Yeah, it's really awful looking. And we walk past it every time we go to the pharmacy, and we always make fun of it.

Today the owner of the house was standing outside the chain link fence with a friend admiring his handiwork. I'm not kidding you -- they were discussing the finer points of decorating ones house. The friend complimented the house owner on his decorating restraint. He said his house had a lot more stuff, but the simple plot was really classy.

Coincidentally, that house is only half a block from the multi-lingual Beware of Dog house.

Posted by Nicole at June 02, 2003 09:32 PM | TrackBack