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With the high winds that we have been experiencing these past couple of days, it looks like there will be a need for a few new mailboxes to be purchased and installed. The last time we had high winds like this, which has been quite some time now, it wiped out 2/3 of the streets mailboxes, and these winds feel just about the same speed as back then. I’m glad that I took the time to run outside and grab some of the items that I’m sure would have blown away by now. The trash cans are all ready full, ready for pick up Monday morning, so they are staying put, so far at least.

The sale of whitehall mailboxes and other whitehall products went way up that year that our street got wiped up. Not only our street was affected mind you but all around the county got torn up pretty bad. It was a rude awakening to many home and business owners that really needed to pay attention to several things that were affected back then. And mailboxes are important, something that we take for granted but when messed with it can cause havoc in your life like you’ve known no other.

My brothers, sister and I grew up in a wonderful house in a great neighborhood, my parents still live at the house that all of us kids all grew up in and one day I’ll most likely be living there myself. My Dad has put a lot of blood sweat and tears into the place and I’d be proud to take over where he leaves off. The backyard is spectacular, my parents and their friends and neighbors still enjoy spending time back there all most all year round.

My father and the neighbor next door took a lot of time looking into wooden garden arbors back in the day and they both decided that they could build bigger and better wood gazebos then what was available for sale at that time back then. My dad’s gazebo is still standing strong, while the neighbor’s has been long gone, a vegetable garden taking up the room that once held one of the nicer gazebos in the whole darn neighborhood. Both of the beautiful arbors are still in place though. Those wonderful wooden arbors will always have a soft spot in my heart for as long as I live.

I’m told that our long time neighbor has just placed a “For Sale” sign on his house. They are heading south to Florida, looking for better weather to live their golden years out in. We will miss our long time friends and neighbors and we can only hope that our new neighbors are friendly people that we can get to know. It makes such a big difference if you can get along with your neighbors, we have always been lucky in that way at the old homestead.