Trees are beginning to bud out (although I haven’t seen the pecan trees budding out yet; they are never fooled by a false spring) as we head back into another bluebonnet season! I had a whirlwind trip to California, followed by a bounce to Indiana to get my cousin & her kitty cats settled in - Zach was almost in tears when I sent him pictures of her beautiful backyard: “Why would she ever leave that, Mom?” Well, let me break it down for ya, son:
A.) Isolated hilltop location which she’s never been fond of - her ex-husband picked out these lots
B.) $20K as an annual property tax burden; the cost of living overall in California has gotten outrageous (it made my eyes water to see gas at $6/gal & I didn’t even see a diesel pump!)
C.) As I mentioned earlier, Heida fears that her ex is now going to build on the lot next door; talk about being forced into in-house confinement!
I’ll have to dump photos later since this iPad still isn’t cooperating with that function…
I wish your cousin Heida good experiences in her new place... and the kitty cats, too... must be very stressful for them. Yep, sometimes the young see one aspect and miss the nuances of the decisions of their elders.
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