National Night Out

Hello,

We had a successful block party. I am calling it a success even though three of our invited guests came, but like the parable in the bible we went and gathered more. Two neighbors came from across the street to join the four of us. Soon another neighbor across the street came over. We talked to a guy walking down the street. He lived in the next block and he joined us for some time. Also the president of the neighborhood association came. It was a great time visiting and eating.

Bless his heart; Leroy had picked cucumbers, zucchini and small tomatoes from the garden that we shared with people. By the end of the night we had given away all veggies and eaten two watermelons.

Three kids were riding their bikes around the block so we invited them to have some melon. They ate with gusto and asked to take some to their brother. In a bit their mother came over and stayed quite a while. She lives just a block away. We saw some people on their porch diagonally from us so I went over and invited them as well. Two of them came back with me. Then the woman who had come with her children went back and invited her neighbors to come.  Two more women and children came.

All in all we had 23 people, counting ourselves and they stayed an hour longer than we had planned. It seemed well worth the small effort that we put into it.

I was disappointed that some of the people I talked with had not come, but at least they seemed pleased to get the invitation. Maybe next year they will think it is worth coming to.

Paula