As I drove north on Temperance toward Community Medical Center - Clovis, taking my daughter to the doctor, I smiled at the two stone lions lining the driveway of a house near Sierra.
These are no courtly, imposing lions, leading up to a fancy, country manor. They have style -- and it changes with the seasons. This week, in honor of the kids returning to school, they are wearing little backpacks draped around their necks. Other times, they sport big sunglasses, floppy sunhats or Santa hats, depending on the time of year.
It fun to look for them, to see what they've got on this week. I suppose it's not really any different from those people who hang different seasonal banners from their house -- but in a way it seems a more personal touch. It's little things like that that give character to a community. And that makes it feel more like a neighborhood, even if I don't know the people that live in that house.
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