Just Sitting Here Watching The Neighbors
By Susan
@HazySue (39264)
Gouverneur, New York
February 10, 2018 9:25am CST
For the past half hour I have been doing something that I don't remember ever doing before. I have been neighbor watching.
I have been sitting here at my kitchen window and just watching what is going on outside. It's not something I have ever had an interest in doing. I am not quite sure why I started it today.
So far I have seen one of the neighbor fathers trying to ride a hover board on the street. He must have fallen at least four times. He seems determined to stay on it and upright. Every time he falls his son laughs hysterically.
I have also finally spotted a couple of squirrels. Spring must be in the air because they are chasing each other around a tree trunk.
I also have had the pleasure of seeing birds stopping at the bird feeder, dining, and then visiting the bird bath. I still haven[t seen a robin yet although my neighbor says he has.
There is a red car that has passed by here several times. I think he is driving just to drive. It seems he has no place to go.
Another neighbor has been waving to me each time he passes our house. He is getting his morning constitutional.
Do you ever neighbor watch?
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@rebelann (111177)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Feb 18
No, it's not something that interests me. I do see my neighbors occasionally if they're home while I'm working in the yard and usually we try to have a short conversation. The wife pretends she doesn't speak English and over the past 20 years has been trying to get me to learn Spanish, hey, last time I checked I wasn't in Mexico. Oh well, she's always going to do that.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
10 Feb 18
I have never been the type to sit at my window and watch what people around me are doing. I have always figured that what they do is their business. For some unknown reason I just sat and stared out of the window watching the world go by. I was just relaxing and spectating, something I have never been moved to do before.
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@BarBaraPrz (45494)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Feb 18
I can sit here at my computer and look out the front window at the same time, so I do watch the neighbours. A lot of them "go for coffee" at the local Timmy's and carry it home. Can't be too warm by the time they do drink it, especially in this weather.
And of course, there's the crazy girl across the street...
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@BarBaraPrz (45494)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Feb 18
@HazySue Her name is Jan. She often gets into arguments with people who aren't there, and every couple of weeks the cops come out and take her away for a day or two.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
10 Feb 18
@BarBaraPrz Now that's a person who wants to be watched.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
11 Feb 18
I don't have any neighbors to neighbor watch. If I look out my windows I see trees and wooded areas. I used to like neighbor watching when I lived in town though.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
10 Feb 18
I have so many windows it's hard for me not to watch the neighbors but I don't necessarily spy on them 
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@Traceyjayne (1763)
• United Kingdom
10 Feb 18
I do neighbour watch ...usually on a Sunday morning when I am at the computer and I gaze out of the window ...
I see men washing their cars and children playing ....sometimes people walking their dogs too.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
11 Feb 18
We have 30 apartments in our circle, so all we have to do is look out the kitchen windiw or step on the porch and we see the neighbors doing stuff. So guess we do, but not purposely. Unless there's emergency crews out there
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