Tour de 'hood continues

Here's a few more pics to give you a flavor of our new surroundings. This is Gene and Nancy's house, three doors down. The first time they saw us out front they stopped their walk with their dogs to welcome us to the neighborhood and to say they liked our bumperstickers.




A few more houses past Gene and Nancy's is this beautiful newly-constructed strawbale house, built by my new yoga teacher Laura and her husband. The front is the yoga studio and the rest is their home. So that's pretty darned convenient to walk to yoga classes. And Laura is a wonderful teacher.





On the street behind us is this cute place with the hand-built bus stop. The photo doesn't show the big sign on the side of the house that says "Stay Left" and the sweet gardens and dining table under the trees. The woman who lives there shops at the Co-op and has offered a tour, so...




I love the colors of this house below. It belongs to someone that Courtney knows and I guess it's a party house for progressives, so hopefully more later.




Lastly here's the fence beside our friends Cassandra and James' house. A cute little piece of artwork and creativity. One of many around here. We're very lucky. So much to look at--it makes our evening bike rides so entertaining (plus we get lots of good ideas).




And speaking of creativity, a parade of alternative transportation goes by our house every day. Including the Mayor's electric car, dubbed the Mayor Mobile. My favorite is the young mom who rides her skateboard while pushing a double jogging stroller with toddler and baby inside, with her black lab leashed and running alongside her.

More and more Courtney and I are figuring out ways not to use our car. Or if we do, then we try to pack in as many errands in each trip as we can. It just feels so much better to jump on our bikes and go somewhere. Better for our health. Better for the planet.

Well, there's more to come, but I'm out of time for now. Thanks for reading our blog,

Valori