A Banana Bread Thank You

--by cabbage, posted Dec 27, 2010

We live in a circle of giving in my neighbourhoood; neighbours sharing and looking out for each other.

So, the other day when a plate of banana bread appeared on our doorstep without a note I didn't know who to thank.

Was it Leslie? We often exchange fruits and vegetables from the garden and swap baked goods. I called her. She said it wasn't her.

Was it Carol? She loves our garden veggies! Nope.

Was it Helen? I had stopped by her house with a bag of freshly picked tomatoes and although her daughter had just given us some apple cake a few days earlier she said it wasn't her either.

I was scratching my head in confusion when Helen started talking about how nice it was that my husband and two other neighbourhood men had helped her neighbour move a big mattress into their house the other day.

Then her eyes sparkled and she said, "I know who baked a lot of banana bread! It was Ellen! She wanted to thank your husband for his help with moving the mattress!"

Mystery solved - and more friends to bake for!

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Posted by cabbage
Dec 27, 2010
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Readers Comments

JB wrote: Lovely :)

Bluebell wrote: You so lucky to have an extended family called neigbours. I wish my neigbours would be like that ... they don't go much farther than the greetings. Love and Light, Bluebell

unknown wrote: ROAK ! with banana bread ! how cool ! yum yum ! I am not surprised you attracted folks of your frequency Cabbie :) I am imagining it all from here :) Bluebell, it might be a matter of time with your neighbors :p you may never know :) love, deepula :)

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: Mmmmmm, yummy! Bless you all for sharing and warming the hearts in your neighborhood! :)

JuneBug wrote: I can smell it now...well, it's probably GONE now..but it was a nice thought of me smelling that de-lish bread ! M-M-M-M-M !!! :D

iferlamb wrote: How very nice! Thank you for sharing your story about your lovely neighbors.
smiles...

trueblue wrote: Yum now i'm hungry for banana bread uummm I can smell it from here in oz.. lol

Spoonerism wrote: What a lovely community you live in! I'm afraid there's little of that in the UK at the moment... No one really makes the effort to get to know their neighbours, well at least not in the cities and towns I have lived in... Good for you for making the effort and reaping the rewards like this! I hope that will change over here, but I guess we cannot wait someone else to take that first step. We will need to be the change we want to see in the world.

Aurelia wrote: Lovely neighbors. It's nice that you all care for one another. What a pleasure it must be ... Have fun baking! and Sharing...and most of all CARING :0) ~Aurelia

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