The wind had picked up, straight out of the south, bringing up such humid Gulf air that I had to mostly shut the windows to keep the house cool. In front of the house across the street, two wives stood talking, one wearing her black beautician smock from her home business. Her hairstyle is reminiscent of Linda McCartney's 70's mullet although she is not as old. While they chatted, the husband began mowing the yard only 4 days after surgery. He has a very quiet electric mower which from my vantage point sitting in the living room at the back of the ranch style house, cannot be seen. Everything vegetative is in motion and so is the husband, walking steadily back and forth like a duck in a carnival shooting gallery. As he continues his pattern, he goes down a bit of a slope by the road so with each passage, less and less of him is seen until all that is left is the profile of his head. Unseen geese fly low overhead, honking.
We're so lucky to live in this neighborhood.
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