During my 2.5 miles walking today, I saw these and liked them.
So the best part about this spot, where I'm standing to take this picture is that it's right next to the cutest little Mexican restaurant called "Maria's". So naturally I love the place. They are open from 8 am-8 pm, owned by a sweet Mexican lady who also lives above the restaurant and raises her kids there. She does a lot of the cooking too. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks all any day of the week.
This is the 'historic' part of town, but there are only a few places that look like they have been there and been kept in as good of a condition as when the town was established in 1840s. The history of the town in interesting. Basically during the gold rush, people stopped where they found gold as long as they could send it somewhere people would pay, like bigger cities. So if there was gold and there were rivers, they made a city. Ah, the golden state of California.
Most of the houses that look like this are some kind of business. The red brick pictured here is an attorney's office, next to a funeral home across from a rental property. Maria's Mexican Restaurant is also a like these serving as a home and business. I'll post a pic of the restaurant next time I'm there, maybe even stop in for a quick bite.
Also on my walk today, there was a guy on his porch and with a dog in his yard. After meeting the dog, I wished I had taken his picture. He was a huge, super-friendly and energetic puppy with a sweet face. I didn't want to get too friendly with his owner, so I kept walking.
I also encountered a couple of kids enjoying their day off at a playground/basketball court/park area near an elementary school that I pass everyday; Then I remembered that school was out for the holiday, I was immediately thankful that all of my days this semester are holidays. Go ahead, be jealous.
There is a large fancy corner house facing this park. I regularly see kids playing in the yard, riding scooters and skating in the half circle drive way and up the side walk that runs along two sides of the house. It's much larger than the houses around it as well as the rest of the neighborhood. It's well-kept and since there are few lawns at all in this area, this one is note-worthy due to the fact that this is a sizable, nicely kept lawn. It makes me want to take my shoes off and run around on it. Directly opposite this house, with the park in the middle are what we call back home "the projects". Not slums, not the ghetto, but apartments with lower income families, no yards and minimal attention to maintenance of the property. So this corner house stands out.
Today, it stood out for a whole other reason. I'm walking past the park, the kids playing basketball, then this house (no kids there today) and I notice something. In the yard right next to the sidewalk is a large tree with beautifully manicured bush encircling it. Directly on top of this bush was a syringe(see the yellow arrows).
The syringe:
The park:
So here's the social dilemma:
You find a needle less than half a block from a park and elementary school in a yard that you've seen kids playing. What do you do?
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