Lawrence Winters said goodbye to Cecilia, Mrs. Fang's neighbor, and continued walking along the shaded sidewalk.
Each house here had a large lawn, groomed meticulously by Hispanic gardeners who mowed and styled the grass.
Of course, some people preferred to do the gardening themselves, buying lawnmowers to mow every other day, and on weekends busily fixing flower beds, trimming branches, weeding, spraying, and catching bugs.
Lawrence Winters walked along this path, from Cecilia's lawn to Mrs. Fang's lawn.
Purple lavender swayed in threes and fours along the roadside, with blue, pink, and purple hibiscus in between, and lilacs climbing along the white wooden fence.
It seemed that both Cecilia and Mrs. Fang liked the color purple, as the flowers they planted were predominantly purple, occasionally interspersed with yellow, purple, blue, and white pansies, which looked very pleasing to the eye.
