This is a picture of the front lawn of the house two doors down from me.  The sign in the front yard is a notice from the town that the owner has 10 days to cut the grass or the town will take action to do it for him.  The house was recently sold and is currently not occupied.  The sad part of this story is that the town did not take this action until receiving complaints from various people in the neighborhood.  The ironic part of this story is that the town was voted the “4th Best Place to Live” in the US by Money Magazine last year!

Although you probably cannot tell how high the grass really is by looking at the picture, the smaller of my two dogs, who is about 12 inches high, disappears from sight in this grass.  The other dog, who is about 15 inches high, fares a little better…you can see the top of his head!