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Did I ever tell you all about The Garage People? I can't believe I've never told you about The Garage People.
They live in a house on the main street running through our subdivision. Well, I say they live in the house. I don't actually have any proof that they live in the house. All I can really assert is that they live in the garage. I'm still trying to figure out if The Garage People own the house and simply choose to live in the garage, or if perhaps their children own the house and force the old couple to live out there.
On any given day that it's not above 100 or below 40 degrees, you can drive down Main Street and peer directly into their living room. Which isn't really a living room at all. Because it's the garage. But when the door is open, you see The Garage People - a couple I'm guessing to be in their 60s? - sitting in their recliner chairs, right at the edge of their garage, facing out to Main Street. It seems perhaps they're watching the occasional traffic drive by, but it's actually their TV they're looking at. In addition to their recliner chairs and television, they also have end tables (with lamps), a small refrigerator, throw blankets, a space heater (in winter) and fans (in summer).
If I'm giving you the impression that these people have made a nice home for themselves in a refinished garage, let me assure you that's not the case at all. They have this faux-living room set up in the front corner of an otherwise quite typical garage, with tools and bicycles and lawn mowers surrounding them.
And these people can be found sitting out there in their garage every day. Thus, we call them The Garage People.
For a little while this spring, we thought perhaps Mrs. Garage Lady might have passed away b/c we hadn't seen her out there for a while. But this week she was back and so I'm relieved to report to you that The Garage People live on.
For six years I've been trying to figure out how I can gracefully snap a photo of them for you. But I've yet to figure out a way to do that without seeming stalkerish or rudely gawking. If I were a walker I might be able to unobtrusively grab a photo on my cell phone. But since I don't walk that's out of the question.
Picture or no, I'll be sure to keep you updated on The Garage People from now on.
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2 comments:
for that? I'd take up walking.
Okay, so I'm a walker anyway, but there's nothing good like that for me to take a picture of!
Kalisah, this is too funny! If you hadn't promised further updates, I would have demanded an investigation!!!!! Maybe you can do door-to-door fundraising for a charity just to chat these people up? LOL
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