THINGS THAT ARE STRANGE
Mood: JUMPY
Listening to: PHSYCO KILLER (TALKING HEADS)
JUST A STRANGE LITTLE ENTRY. THE OTHER DAY I WAS OUTSIDE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS. IT MIGHT OF BEEN THE DAY I WAS TAKING TO MYSELF. THE DAY WITH NO PHONES NOT EVEN THE CELL. YES, I CAN SEE IT CLEARLY NOW.
I GOT OFF THE MY LAWNCHAIR AND WENT TO FEED THE BIRDS AND FILL THE BIRDBATH FOR THEM. I NOTICED THAT THIS TRUCK PULLED UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE . BEING THE NOSEY PERSON THAT I AM I HAD TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND WHO IT WAS FOR.
WELL, IT WAS A GRAVE MONUMENT COMPANY. I SORTA LOOKED TO SEE IF THEY WHERE STOPPING THERE TO READ A MAP OR RUN TO THE CORNER STORE. BUT, ALACK AND ALAS MY STRANGE NEIGHBOR WHO HANGS LOADS AND LOADS OF WASH OUT IN EVERY KIND OF WEATHER 12 MONTHS A YEAR WALKED OVER TO THE TRUCK. SEEMS HE WAS WAITING FOR THEM. HMMMMM,,,.....I FILLED THE BIRD FEEDERS AND WATCHED AS HE TALKED TO THE MAN AT THE WHEEL. I WENT BACK TO THE LAWNCHAIR AND PUT MY HEADPHONES BACK IN MY EARS AND TOOK A LONG COOL SIP OF MY BEER. OH, THE SUN WAS JUST SO HOT AND THE AIR HAD A SLIGHT BREEZE TO IT.
I STAYED OUTSIDE MOST OF THE DAY AND JUST RELAXED JUST AS I PROMISED MYSELF. I DID DO THE WASH WHICH I HAD TO TAKE IN OFF THE LINE NOW. AS I DID THIS I NOTICED A HUGE MONUMENT STONE IN THE BACK YARD OF MY CRAZY NEIGHBOR. (HE WALKS AROUND IN A THONG IN THE SUMMER.) OR BOXERS AS HE DOES HIS GARDENING. HIS BELLY HANGS DOWN TO HIS KNEES ALSO. I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE A VISUAL. LOL...
NOTHING TO ODD FOR HIM. THIS MONUMENT. HE HAS A HOMEMADE SCARECROW WHICH SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. I DON'T THINK IT DOES MUCH FOR THE BIRDS AS THEY STILL PRANCE AROUND HIS GARDEN. THE STRANGE THING BESIDES ALL THE LAUNDRY THIS GUYS DOES AND HANGS OUT EVERYDAY IS THAT IT IS JUST HIM AND HIS WIFE. LOTS OF LAUNDRY AND JUST THE TWO OF THEM. NOW AS I STOOD THERE PONDERING THE MONUMENT STONE OF PINK GRANITE I REALIZED I HAVEN'T SEEN HIS WIFE AT ALL IN ABOUT A MONTH. HMMMMM...I TOLD MY HUBBY TO TAKE A LOOK IN HIS YARD AND SEE IF HE SEES WHAT I SEE. YES, HE SAW THE SCARECROW AND YES HE SEES THE PINK GRANITE HEADSTONE.
SO, NOW I AM THINKING ALL THIS CRAZY STUFF. WELL, WHERE IS HIS WIFE. THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN TOO MUCH LAUNDRY LATELY. HER CAR IS NOT AROUND BUT HIS OLDEST SON IS THERE ALL THE TIME WITH HIS PICK-UP TRUCK. HMMMMM. THE OTHER DAY THEY LOADED IT UP WITH ALL KINDS OF JUNK BIG AND SMALL OBJECTS SOME IN BOXES OTHERS IN SMALL ONES. HMMMM... MY BRAIN IS TICKING AND TICKING AND THINKING AND THINKING...WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I REALLY REMEMBER SEEING HIS WIFE. I SEE HIM EVERYDAY AND HIS STUPID DOG WHO LOVES TO SHIT ON MY LAWN BUT NOT HIS WIFE. HMMMMM...THOUGHTS OF MANY THINGS ...TOO MANY FORENICS SHOWS I'VE WATCHED , I THOUGHT. MAYBE SHE IS DEAD. MAYBE HE KNOCKED HER LIGHTS OUT AND GOT RID OF HER AND JUST MARKED THE SPOT OUT BACK WHERE HE DID IT. OH MY... THE THOUGHTS JUST RACED THOUGH MY HEAD. I TOLD MY HUBBY. HE STARTED TO THINK... HE HAD'NT SEEN HER EITHER... WHAT TO THINK OR DO... NOTHING I GUESS. MAYBE SHE IS JUST AWAY SOMEWHERE. MAYBE SHE IS ON VACATION ALONE ON SOME SANDY BEACH. NOPE, I DON'T THINK SO.
TODAY I WAS MOWING MY LAWN AND HE WAS MOWING HIS. HIS SHIRT OFF HUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER AND SHORTS THANK GOD AND SOCKS AND SHOES ON. WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. HE STOPS MOWING HIS LAWN AND WALTZS OVER TO ME.ME BEING DRENCHED IN SWEAT AND GRASS STICKING TO EVERY PART OF ME. I STOP MY MOWER AND SMILE. HELLO. HE SAYS: I AM GOING AWAY TOMORROW. MY TRIP WILL BE 14 HOURS LONG. OH I SAY. NOW I AM THINKING WHY ON EARTH IS HE TELLING ME. WE HARDLY SAY MORE THEN HELLO OR NICE FLOWERS TO EACH OTHER. WE DON'T STOP AND CHAT EVER. I AM THINKING OKAY IS HE GONNA TAKE HER IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR AND DROP HER OFF ON SOME DESSERTED HIGHWAY? CREEPY....WHO THE HELL GETS A GRAVESTONE PLACED IN THERE BACKYARD. THEY WERE ALWAYS STRANGE PEOPLE BUT THIS PUSHED THE LIMIT.
THESE ARE MY NEIGHBORS ON ONE SIDE OF ME. THE OTHER IS IN JAIL. COULDN'T TELL YOU WHY. HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN MONTHS. FOUND OUT ABOUT A TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS DOGS WHERE RUNNING WILD IN THE STREET AND WE CALLED HIS BROTHER BECAUSE ONE IS NOT A NICE DOG AND WILL TEAR YOU APART. WE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT OR OUR NEIGHBOR TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR HIS DOG RUNNING LOSE. TURNS OUT HE GOT HIMSELF IN TROUBLE ALL BY HIMSELF. (HIS BROTHER TOLD US.) POOR GUY. HE HAS HAD A ROUGH LIFE. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. ANYWAY BACK TO THE OTHER NEIGHBOR WHAT DO YOU THINK... IT'S CREEPY...WHY DID HE TELL ME HE WAS LEAVING AND HOW LONG OF A DRIVE IT WOULD BE? THIS COULD BE ANOTHER CSI STORY OR SOME AMERICA'S MOST WANTED STORY SOON. GHEEZZZZZ. WELL, THAT'S THE NEWS OF THE DAY. I WILL RETURN WITH YET ANOTHER AMAZING THRILLING STORY. THIS IS NOT MADE UP AT ALL. IF YOU GO BACK IN MY OLD ENTRIES I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS GUY BEFORE AND ALL OF HIS 5 LINES OF LAUNDRY FOR JUST HIM AND HIS WIFE. NO JOKE EITHER.
WELL, I FINALLY STARTED UP MY MOWER AND CONTUINED TO MOW THE REST OF MY LAWN. HE STOOD THERE A WHILE WITH A GLASS OF COLD WATER WITH ICE IN A BEER MUG... GO FIGURE.... ANYWAY THAT WAS JUST A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MINE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT..HAZELEYES 

P.S. IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS DROP ME A LINE... OR TWO.. THANKS. SPOOKED IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS...



*creeped out grin*
If he place the cookies on the MONUMENT.....it\'s confirmed! Maybe...maybe...maybe his wife will come out in the middle of the night to have a bite and most probably she\'ll visit you to say Thank-you!
Better get going before I scared myself.
Take care!
E...r....r....i.....e!
take care!
*grins*
Jackie
Ohh & thanks for the visuals...:)
Mucho Hugs!
~Michele