There goes the neighborhood

We've known for some time that our next door neighbors had purchased a large RV and that they were preparing the side of their driveway with a large concrete pad where they intend to keep it when they're not on the road. But we hadn't fully realized what the actual presence of the vehicle was going to look like and how it was going to change our little corner of the world. This weekend, they finally took delivery on their new baby and pulled it into its new home. And there went the neighborhood!

The RV can be seen from the other end of our Court. It can't be ignored. Except for the oak tree at the end of the regular street, it is the first thing that catches the eye - and not in a good way. We're hoping that with the greening of trees in our front yard and that of the neighbor, it will lose some of it's starkness but I'm not convinced it will. We're also hoping that they'll love it so much they'll be on the road most of the time. In the meantime, I guess we learn to accept that which we cannot change. And, fortunately, except for this we just couldn't ask for a better neighbor.