On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a picture and just a few words.
Because our neighborhood is the sort that slowly grew over time, it’s very….not uniform. There are beach shacks houses, large, newly constructed homes, and everything in between.
There are some downsides to this (ugly houses here and there, for instance!), but there are upsides too, like the lot down the road which is home to two horses.
We’ve been walking to visit the horses since Zoe was a baby, and the horses know that when the kids are walking with us, carrots are likely to be forthcoming.
So if Mr. FG and I walk by, they barely look up, but if they see our kids, they perk up and walk/run over to the fence.
They know who has the good stuff. 
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Do you have a neighborhood that’s a mish-mash? Or is yours more uniform?
Dnna Day says
There was a horse next to the grade school when I was a student, and I named him/her Smoky. I would feed h/h/ grass, carrots and the sweet thing loved me enough that even if the ower was in the paddock, Smoky ran to the fence when I came into view, walking home. The owner told me to leave the horse alone, or buy my own. Oh dear! I cried till I arrive home, sat on the steps and mourned the loss of ‘my’ horse. Your girls are blessed.
Kristen says
Yes, the owner of this horse gave us permission to feed the horses carrots or apples, which is so lovely.
I’m sorry that you didn’t get to keep feeding your childhood horse!
Hollie says
I live on a 60 acre date farm in pretty much the middle of tomorrow. the closest house is about 1/2 mile away.
Glory Lennon says
you pretty much described our neighborhood nearly exactly; shacks, stately homes, open fields with horses, and a petting zoo across the street… never a dull moment.
Elena says
Wow what a beautiful horse!
Linda Sand says
We live in a 1970s apartment building with fairly new townhouses north of us, a marsh and creek south of us, a mix of newer and older homes across the street, and a freeway behind us. There is wildlife in the marsh and walking trails through a nearby regional park. Yet it is only about a half mile north or south to shops and restaurants. It feels to me like the best of all worlds. Except for winter; we have a lot of winter in Minnesota.
AFS says
No horses in the immediate neighborhood. Several of my neighbors have backyard chickens. My dog walking route takes me past one house with alpacas and another with llamas.
Gladys (The Pinay Mom) says
For twice now,we’re lucky enough to have neighbors who own horses and the girls really love them!
Robyn S says
We live on a county road where houses are lined down one side- each having 2-5 acre plots stretching behind them and fields/ woods across the road. The houses were built in the early 1970s. We own two acres. Although the houses are very close together on each side of us, we are still able to have a country feel and have a small homestead with animals. We are conveniently located about 10 mins from our closest town and 40 mins from downtown Indianapolis.
jenny_o says
It’s interesting to see how our neighbourhood has changed as a whole over the years. When we built here, the area had a lot of older folks living in bungalows and younger folks like us moving into larger two storey homes. Gradually a lot of the older folks moved into retirement homes or nursing homes or, as must happen eventually, they passed away; the younger folks had children and the streets were filled with the sounds of kids playing at all hours. As those children grew and moved away, the streets became quieter again. Now I see younger families moving into the neighbourhood and the cycle is starting again.
It’s so great that your kids get to experience those horses so close by!
Amanda says
I live next door to a pizza restaurant and kitty corner from a paper mill and fire station in a tiny rural NH town. The rest of the street is houses. Behind the houses there is a river, and on the other side of the river is a beautiful national park. I’d say we are a pretty mix matched neighborhood.
Addy says
Our neighborhood is mostly non-cookie cutter ranch-style homes built in the late 50s and early 60s. The lots are fairly large and not uniform in size, and there are lots of wooded areas. It is not unusual to see foxes, deer, rabbits and tons of squirrels. We have had as many as 6 deer grazing in our yard at one time.
Kate says
I live in an almost-completely uniform neighborhood of about 60 houses, virtually all are traditional colonial two-story houses. The outliers? A peach tuscan villa and a geodesic dome that are across the street from one another up the street from our house. They certainly do make it easier to give people directions!
Kristen says
Especially the dome! Wow.
Diane says
I live in an apartment complex that backs up to a nature/wildflower preserve so my neighbors are deer, birds, turtles and other wildlife. Amazing that downtown Austin is a mere 7 minutes away from my little oasis.
Kate says
I live in a uniform subdivision of about 200 houses. We are still in a fairly rural area, but only 45 minutes from downtown Chicago. We have a farm with about 10 horses that backs up to our subdivision and we regularly visit them as well. It’s an absolutely delightful experience for my almost 2-year old son!
Gail says
We moved here to be close to grandchildren in our retirement phase. It is a subdivision of about 1000 homes in sections that increase in size starting with ours. I love it because there are retirees looking for one-stories alongside starter home people with young kids. There are interesting young couples awaiting (or not) children. In the other sections there is an equally varied population, and we enjoy meeting them at the pool and playgrounds, which all sections use. So the homes per section are rather similar, but overall in the subdivision they are varied. Importantly, the people are of all ages. I love that, coming from a condo in another state with only older adults. Being around young people is delightful.