They only have to step out their front door. Outside the white picket fence in front of their gray two-story home on Applegate Street, signs of life continue in the neighborhood. A convoy of bright yellow school buses make the turn into the nearby school.
Children laugh, prod and push each other on their way home after a day in classes.
A steady flow of cars from nearby Main Street carry people to their next destinations. Even before you walk through the white arbor, a trellis on either side, the topiary plants catch your attention. The towering green juniper spirals skyward like a giant, green ice cream cone. The topiary sits on a raised ornamental mound with ferns and blue parrot tulips. Now, it's her season, her time for peace - in the place she calls her own sanctuary.