IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER...

If I didn't know better, I'd think that my son Michael had lived here on Hawthorne Avenue when he was a young boy.  As I cleaned up the front azalea beds, I found myself excavating remnants of childhood......
 

Legos, "army men", superballs, marbles, plastic propellers, seashells, a rubber iguana, batteries, CO2 cartridges, a broken arrow, floppy discs, Easter eggs, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Matchbox cars.

In addition, I unearthed several tennis balls.  I surmised that a dog lived here too and have since learned that a dog did live here but he was ever reluctant to retrieve the ball.