After two years of renovations (bathroom, and front entry repair two years ago, kitchen, and back entry repair last year), we were looking forward to a quiet summer. Except the house next door has been sold to a developer and is going to be torn down and replaced by a big (I assume) very expensive duplex. This summer there will be at least six tear-downs and builds in our little neighbourhood, and new sidewalks. I expect to be working to the sounds of demolition and hammers and cement trucks. We’ve already had trees crashing down, as the five gorgeous spruce trees next door were cut down Friday night.
I’m trying to not focus on the trauma of it all – although there will be many. The first – losing a lovely neighbour. The second – losing the trees. While this will affect my garden (it’s in a new ecosystem now), the birds nesting in them have suffered a greater loss. But perhaps they’ll nest in my garden, instead. And we have more light in the house right now. We’ll try to enjoy the light and the view to the west until we lose it to the new building going in.
Maureen
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