The Opposite Bush

 

12/14/25 Maple Leaf neighborhood

The house on the corner lights up later in the season than the rest of my neighbors. It’s always a simple strand of lights on the bushes near the porch. When I compared this to last year’s sketch, I could see that the owner had put the lights on the bush on the opposite side this time. I can’t see much, of course, but I can tell where the lights are relative to the pale illumination from the porchlight in the grass.

Update: After I made this sketch, she added a string of lights on the other side, too.