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My neighbor stole my name

I moved in to my small neighborhood at age 4. I bonded with my first neighbor quickly (I had no choice they were my grandparents). My family hadn’t yet met the other neighbors when their was a knock at the door. That was the beginning of many confusing encounters due to our names. In our neighborhood I […]

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Not pine cones

My apartment on the northside of chicago had a series of pine trees next to the fence bordering our yards. For about three years, I always considered them to be very nice with a large collection of what appeared to be fallen pine cones littering the ground.  It turned out, however, that the nearly 300 […]

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My Pepto Bismol Neighbor

My neighbor started painting his house with a nice Pepto Bismol pink…it would be nice if he would finish painting! Our neighborhood has heartburn every time we see the house!

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barely missed hide and seek disaster

My neighbors kids play at my house all of the time. Seriously, if we were serial killers they would be dead and our neighbors wouldn’t know for days. They walk into our house without knocking and occasionally we find them in the back yard without our permission. Anyways, our 3 year old son was playing […]

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Our Neighborhood Blue-per

Our neighbors wanted to make sure their house stood out…We think they allow the Smurfs or blueman group to stay there on the weekends…

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Neighborly Love

How do you let your neighbors know you love them? The obvious answer is by placing large hearts on your house. Their hoping it catches on and the rest of the neighborhood starts the loving trend. Photo by Ken Ratcliff

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King of the Neighborhood!

Who needs a “beware of dog” sign when you have King Kong guarding your house? I guess it doesn’t hurt that they also literally “Saw You.” Photo by Wonderlane

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