What does your neighborhood sound like

[Sharla]

We live on a hill in a small quiet suburb on the outside of town. Can see Lake Superior from 3 sides of our house and shortly after winter hits, an eery silence comes over the place. In the distance is a snow machine trail, but it's still far enough away that you need to be trying to hear it.

I'd say we are fairly in tune with the sounds of the seasons and the motions and temperament of the lake and the north. It's is both beautiful and harsh, as we are allowed to experience the full breadth of all the seasons through the land and the climate that surrounds us. The motion and heartbeat of the summer pulsing it's wind through the trees. The rustling of dried leaves and snapping branches hunkering down in winters path. Late geese formations flying overheard signalling, signifying the urgency of life to prepare for the inevitable bitter cold. The first blasts of winter from a unforgiving north wind that comes in squalls off the lake like a wall informing you it is time...ready or not. The water dripping off the eaves of the house, the branches of the trees, trickling and pooling, rushing its way through once tiny creeks along the hill leading to a lake coming back to life...ice cracking and jamming in its path, birds and squirrels busy in its wake. And then the winds begin again in the tree tops through fresh leaves and summer is again on its way.

I don't know that I will always live here, as there is much to see in this world, but I believe part of me will.

That is beautifully poetic Youngblood

[Sharla]

I live in Adelaide. I'm pretty lucky really - live in a leafy subburb about 10 mins walk to the city but Adelaide is small enough for that not to be madness.

There's a restuarant district and some parklands close by where outdoor family events like Corols by Candlelight etc are sometimes held. Sometimes I can hear music but i think something about being on the ground floor of a small apartment building with relatively quiet neighbours means I'm insulated from the noise and rarely kept awake.

There's an airport about 8 kms away so we hear an occasional plane fly over but again I never notice them at night.

Apart from that we have a possum in the yard who scampers along the fence but again it doesn't keep me awake.


.......... Having said that some asshole smashed the window in of the car I'm borrowing at the moment while I was asleep last week and I didn't hear a thing so maybe I just sleep like the dead!

I thought I heard a noise the following night and ran out there to check but no one was there. I was just wearing my PJs and armed only with my house keys so I'm not really sure of what I planned to do if I did actually catch him!

[Memphis]

Our neighbours dont make a sound. He does have animal heads on plaques on his outside walls though so Im sure he's a nutter of some description.