My Front Lawn

My neighbor mowed my lawn. He cut it so short a large area has died. I've been very upset. RaLene has been more tolerant of his "expression of neighborly kindness."

It started a few weeks ago. We went to the Williams for a summer party. We took the boat and went tubing on East Lake. When we came home I found our neighbor had used his riding mower to mow the easement in front of our house. I was unhappy about it because I go to great effort to make sure all the grass in front of my house is the same length and groomed the same way.

I was ready to talk with the neighbor, but RaLene talked me out of it. Most of the time, listening to my wife is a good thing. Not this time.

Last week I came home from work and found most of my front yard butchered. It was so short I could see the dirt. Neighborly kindness moved from the easement to the yard. I was flabbergasted. In exasperation, I snapped a few photos and decided I would speak with my neighbor.

Unfortunately, he wasn't home at the time and I had church meetings that evening. I decided to talk with him the next day. However, when I went to talk with him I realized I was still very upset and decided to delay the conversation until I wasn't so emotional.

I have been more upset than I thought, because it has been five days and I still feel as passionately about the situation as I did the first day. I'll admit my neighbor is a nice guy, but I have dumbfounded that he would be so presumptious as to mow my lawn.