I chose to live in my neighborhood of East Grand Rapids because it is pleasant and walkable. Some say it’s boring and bourgeois, but I don’t mind that. I like the quiet. I also like to take walks with my wife or sometimes alone. Whenever we’re out we see people working on their yards; mowing, raking, shoveling, planting, weeding. It’s a Sisyphean task that gives one great progress. People in our neighborhood take great pride in their yards and it shows. Maybe this shows my age that I actually care about this. I didn’t use to but hey, now I do. And I can now open a new genre of photography; suburban sidewalk photography!