'Balconville'

It was almost 6 am and I was sitting out on the balcony watching the sun come up over the roof tops..... watching as lights came on in the windows across the street ..... and I am curious about the neighbours -- about their lives..........

On the far left corner is the strange woman who goes out at night with her red light strapped to her forehead searching the grass around her home -- looking for god only knows what...... 

Beside her is the duplex and the woman who slips out most mornings just before 6am in her pjs and housecoat and goes to pick up 2 cups of Tim Horton's coffee... 

The upper duplex directly across the street from us has two young people living there -- I only really see them early in the morning -- I watch as they get up -- get ready for their day quickly -- the lights go out within minutes....... 

Downstairs from them is the new baby -- and the fighting parents.  On Thanksgiving we watched in shock as the new mom 'clocked' the dad ..... the yelling was unbelievable... there is always yelling from there..... always something strange happening -- like the morning she was running around the front yard in bra and panties screaming at him to get out.  I called 911 on Thanksgiving -- reported a domestic dispute -- I couldn't sit by and watch anymore -- couldn't worry about the wee baby........ 

And the house at the end of the street has a 'grandpa' and his grandson and girlfriend living there.  They have a new kitten who loves to hide under the front steps.  Grandpa broke his arm a few weeks back ..... the white cast gleams in the early morning sunrise as he heads out to work.......

It's quiet at 6 in the morning when the neighbourhood is slowly waking and the sun is rising...........