A very pleasant surprise

A ring of the doorbell, a bark of the dog, and a hearty "Heigh-Ho, Silver!" and there stood Jen and Dave from the Homeowners Association on Tuesday around noon. When they told me they were from the HOA, I thought they had come to tell me I needed to add pinestraw to all of my shrubbery beds, but that wasn't why they had come. Instead, they told me that our yard had been selected as Yard of the Month for February! They placed a sign in my yard for all to see and said it would stay there for the entire month.

We have lived here since 2003 and this is the first time our yard has ever been selected.

A feature added to the program this year is that at the end of the year a drawing will be held from all the monthly winners names and the person whose name is drawn will receive 50% off the annual HOA dues for 2023! That would be worth several hundred dollars, so it would be very nice but I'm not holding my breath.

Tuesday was a very pleasant surprise. Yes, it was.