Front yard full of blossoms

American houses are much different in Vietnam. There's often a yard in front of or behind the house, and people often do some gardening such as: planting some flowers or useful plants or at least mowing lawn. It is really nice, isn't it?

It is usual to see two houses next door to each other or even two houses have the same wall only in Vietnam, but here I don't see it or I haven't seen it yet. Oh, I know why.

Here people drive the cars same like people ride motorcyles in Vietnam. So they need spaces around the house for car parking. It is different from Vietnam that people often take their transportation into the house no matter how small the house is. If you leave them outside, they would be stolen. My mum lost her bicyle when our house was under construction a few years ago.

One more thing, the houses here are made by wood, while houses in Vietnam are made by cement. You can find wooden houses in Vietnam too, but people in wooden houses will usually save up money to re-build their houses in cement one day. I'm not sure about lives in the highland or other parts of Vietnam, but it's true in Saigon - the city where I have been living for years.

In Vietnam, people believe that the higher the ceiling is, the better the house is. On the contrary, American houses have low ceilings. We were all surprised on the 1st day we moved here, but we figured out soon it's because the weather is cold here. Vietnam is a tropical country, so people design the houses with high ceilings for cool weather and because I'm in Maine, this house design will help keep us warm.

Okay, back to the landscape topic. American houses' yards are more beautiful and brilliant with flowers and trees decoration around. Even the lawn are always being mowed. Envision you're in a garden with flowers, trees, hearing bird's singing, breathing fresh air and enjoying some lime juices. How fantastic!

Young people often lie on the grass to sunbathe like my neighbor does. For me, I grab clothes to hang on the edge outside. They need sunshine. I know what I am doing ruin the general scene. That's why I always try to hang them in the back yard. My neighbor said nothing. Hope she doesn't mind.

There's still many many different things between Vietnam and US life. I'll keep posted soon. Here are some pictures in front yard.