Country in the CIty

Well I went for a bike ride today and found a very good neighbor hood. I wish I lived there. It was not because the houses were fancy homes, they were of the average two income homes. What made the neighbor hood so nice was that every house had a nice size yard with plenty of room for anyone to play a game of ball or run about in and room left for yard furniture and grills. It is not very often that yo see yard like that in town. I have rode around a big part of Springfield on my bike and often look at the houses and wonder why no one appreciates the value of a yard or space. The neighbor hood I seen today was really nice. Everyone had their own privacy..a little piece of property that was set apart form the neighbors with trees and flowers and everything else that says they are an individual. The trees were large trees too, the kind you can sit under and read or seek some shade on a sunny day. The houses faced every direction. I found it really neat that not every house was facing the road, and as I passed by there was not door to door window to window...there was a little piece of land..a little nature... a little of their very own self. The roads were also winding in different directions. It was not the typical zoned...squared off city block. It was quite the sight to see right here in the middle of Springfield. There was also some flowering trees which added a little color to this early spring day. Some had those trees what have pink flowers and others had the ones what bloom with the white flowers. Also at one house there was a long sidewalk winding to the house that sat catty corner from the street... it was very pretty and well groomed yard..but not overly fancy. I am confident to say that the grass in that neighbor hood was grown not trucked in and later laid. I was riding along just admiring it all and realized that the smell was not the typical city smell, but I could smell the blossoming flowers creeping into the streets from the yards. If you have not ever seen the neighbor hood I am speaking of maybe you should go for a ride over off of sunshine and Kansas expressway...it sits just east of Kansas exp. I promise you it is original and well kept.. a little piece of country in the city.