Lot #4

Occupants of Trailer Park, Lot #4 - the FEWBUCKS by Louise Riley

As usual, she's working and he's relaxing

Scout the dog is just waiting for something to chase.

Irma & Henry live on lot #4 in the Good Times Trailer Park.  That location especially appeals to Henry because it’s just a short walk to the diner.  Since he has decided to retire he spends his spare time there and he seems to have a lot of spare time.  Henry was never big on earning a living, hence Irma’s interest in selling her crafts.  She spends most of her time quilting, knitting, crocheting and sewing and sometimes she even does a little wood working.  Her bird houses are seen all over the trailer park.  Irma occasionally takes a quilt to Cat-titudes Quilt Shop to be sold, although she isn’t especially comfortable in the “snobby” part of the trailer park. Irma is just happy to sit and visit with her neighbors while she keeps her hands busy.   When the weather is good she can be seen sitting outside their trailer, in her favorite rocker, or under the arbor she built, enjoying her flowers, and whipping up some sort of handmade beauty. 

Folks going to and from the diner often walk over and take a look at her handiwork.  Sometimes she’s lucky and sells something.  Some of the residents of the trailer park will buy a tissue box cover, a pillow or one of her world famous broom covers.  She is able to earn enough to pay the rent on their lot and Henry occasionally contributes his bingo or poker winnings so they can make their weekly visit to the local grocery store.

Henry has a small garden he putters in.  Of course Scout, their cocker/poodle/hound/terrier mix, buries his bones and other loot there so Henry doesn’t have very good luck with his garden.  Irma won’t allow him to scold Scout so the garden is mostly mounds of dirt, Scout’s bones and other loot, surrounded by weeds and an occasional tomato.

Irma & Henry think they have an idyllic life at the Good Times Trailer Park.  We should all be so lucky.