#unreclusive

[realindevelopment-returns]

odd situation at the moment. my reclusive next door neighbour is suddenly unreclusive which is good. we’ve talked more in 5 weeks than we have in 5 years and he’s taken my old fridge off my hands which i was dying to get rid off but at the same time cbf about cleaning it to a standard to flog it on gumtree.

long story short, landlord and next door doing a lot of work on the back yard. last weekend next door decided to prune back the front yard. kinda weird, but at the same time obviously therapeutic to my new friendly neighbour.

my space invaded i am semi uncomfortable with and my rights as a tenant i could ark up but..

i am now my reclusive neighbour’s reclusive neighbour

so

time to reassess and accept that someone that was obviously struggling (as i wasn’t even sure anyone lived there for 2 years at least) is reaching out and in many ways, re-integrating. so i can live with this. i’m all about effort in/effort out. and i no longer need to worry about the garden maintenance. I mean i didn’t really worry that much but still, it looks great now.

the lemon tree had the wasp. fat bulbous branches full of nastiness. i mentioned to my neighbour on the weekend that if he was bored, the lemon tree needed to be pretty much cut to the quick.

and so it happened.