A little front porch....

OK, so many a country song mentions "A little front porch sittin'" as a part of summer life....today Buddy and Sophie took it a step further....A little front porch camping!  Buddy just got an idea and went upstairs, grabbed all the bed pillows he could wrestle downstairs...put them out on the porch along with a couch blanket and nestled in.  Then he coaxed Sophie to join him.  Nothing like a little "free" summer recreation!   In fact, now that some VERY noisy and disruptive neighbors have moved out of the two family across the street, combined with their pals who got forclosed on last year 2 houses over, for the first time in years, it's silent on this front porch save a few birds singing!  Amazing the difference removal of one of two neighbors can have on the security and enjoyability of a front porch!  This has been a God send when we most needed one.  These were people that gawked at Buddy, laughed at his antics and totally were clueless as to what we go through.  They may have shooed him out of the street a time or two and for that I am thankful.  However, they brought a constant barage of inner city company over to their place at a constant and steady flow.  We suspect illegal activity was frequently going down right in front of our house, but without cold hard proof, police had advised other neighbors there was little that could be done.  I don't know what finally made them leave, frankly I don't care, I am enjoying  my quiet porch!  This whole "front porch camping" has me thinking about buying the kids an indoor outdoor play tent of some type...could be just what the doctor ordered to get rid of the summertime blues!