A View Through My Lens: Our Neighborhood

The other day, Charlotte and I took my camera out on a walk through our neighborhood searching for signs of fall.  Uhhhhh...we found exactly zero.  It doesn't help that the high was 90 degrees that day.  We ended up just taking pictures of each other and stuff on our street.

However, it occurred to me on the walk, I could share some of the photos so our friends and family have a chance to see what our area looks like.  This part of Texas certainly has its own feel, and even though I didn't necessarily love the look at first, it's starting to grow on me.

Without further ado, here are some shots we took.

This is me, everyday.  Looking like a slouch, usually with a baby strapped to me.

This is Charlotte, everyday.  Off frolicking in her own happy world.

Here is what the houses look like--big, brick, with two story entrances.

Suburban in the driveway, naturally.

This is the look of the neighborhood streets--lots of trees and shade.

Everyone with a kid in middle school or high school that plays a sport has a sign in the yard.  The signs are EVERYWHERE.

Football rules in the Texas, of course.

Ice hockey?  Eh, it doesn't rule so much, but our neighbor does play :)

And everyone has their address numbers painted on the curb right outside their house.  Most are adorned with a Texas flag or, more often, a favorite sports logo--haha.

I don't have any pictures of this, but Texas A&M logos are ubiquitous.  Texas A&M to our area is very much like Virginia Tech to Salem, VA.  It's fairly close to here, and people pick their car colors based on their love of A&M.  UT is more like UVA, although you very rarely see any UT logos around.

Another thing that is different here is the mailboxes.  Mail is not delivered to your house.  There are larger mailboxes for 16 houses that are stationed around the neighborhood.  It's almost like what you'd have in a townhouse community.  Our mailbox is just two houses down, and we certainly don't mind the walk, but it kind of threw me off when I first moved here.  Cate is actually the mail girl now, she loves going to get it :)

Being in Texas makes us happy, happy, happy.  We really love it here.

Yay Texas!