Scouting the Hood

In response to inquiries made by readers of this blog, I have included here a few images of Emilio's neighborhood-to-be, which is officially known as "South Andersonville."

As I was assembling the photos for this post,Emilio taught me how to play "Hide and Seek the Shoe." The game begins with Emilio wearing both shoes and me pushing the stroller. After we have completely circled the block, Emilio reveals that he has dropped one of his shoes in a mysterious spot somewhere along the circuit. My task, then, is to re-circle the block and find it.

After we finished playing "Hide and Seek the Shoe," we played "Hide and Seek the Sock." The rules are similar.

If you would like to play the on-line version of "Hide and Seek the Shoe," just check out the photos on this post, which were taken during our turn around the block. The answer to the puzzle will be revealed at the bottom of the post.

The homes in the photo at right are across the street from our house-to-be.





That's another view of our home-to-be below on the left.




The tall, white-trunk trees in the photo at left are on the empty lot beside the last house on the south side of the block.
Anybody out there think they can identify what kind of trees they are? (I don't know the answer.)

That's a view of our block from its Western end at right.

That's a view of the alley behind our house-to-be below at left. The blooms on the bushes have a wonderful aroma.
And here's the Answer to the Shoe Search:

The tiny dark blue speck in the middle of the sidewalk in the top photo on the right is Emilio's shoe, which he dropped off at a spot that was mathematically furthest from the starting point of our stroll.