Our neighbor moved in the middle of the night a couple months ago. She sold some of her worldly belongings in a yard sale and then disappeared. She took the church pew from the front porch and the Buddha statue from the back porch.
Years ago there was a problem with the neighbor’s husband. We had a major issue. It had something to do with our fence.
I had someone working in my back yard. The only way to get the equipment in place was to take down a section of fence and drive the loader though the neighbor’s yard. I made a mistake and failed to ask permission. I didn’t even think about it. The gentleman working in our yard showed up unexpectedly and I missed this critical step. This issue was huge to my neighbor. He had no problem expressing his anger at my thoughtless act. In fact, he used words and a volume that made it very clear that he was unhappy.
I visited him the next morning to apologize for my actions. He was very gracious (especially since I had the crew repair his yard). I replaced the fence section and we only spoke one other time after that.
I don’t think it had anything to do with the fence section but he’s living in a homeless shelter in Colorado now and his family was left to work out the house. I truth, it was a mess.
Fences are important. They keep the dogs in and some times they keep the neighbors out.
