"Peekers"

rainy day on the bay

Is there ever a good reason to peek out your blinds?

Sometimes you just like to look outside.It's natural, it's normal. 
But then we run the risk of being thought of as nosy even though you are only looking at the trees, or the sky!

But some people peek. Really peek.

Now, they think no one can see them.

But, you see that slight movement of the blinds, the fingers poking through, and then those eyes.

And at night! Forget about it. The light behind them highlights that ominous profile and its just downright creepy sometimes.

I noticed it most when I used to get out to walk around town.
 You head down the streets and invariably someone will peek.

Or if you make a U-turn on a side street with houses or do a turn in their drive way, peeking will ensue!

So okay, what do you do now?
Do you wave? Try to be friendly

If you are in a car do you roll down the window and call out a hearty "Hi, how are ya?"

Or do you ignore it and pass by and wonder.. what was that about???

I can understand the U-turn. They are wondering if someone is finally coming to visit after all these years.

Or if its that pesky bill collector again.

I think you have to be very good at it not to be seen though. And, well, the peekers I have seen just don't cut the mustard truth be told.

I wonder just what people do think of peeking.

Is it socially correct, incorrect.

Maybe they are fugitives who are in that FBI program where you gain a new identity and they are in constant fear of discovery.

If that is the case I think the peeking is a dead giveaway that something isn't kosher there.

Or they are afraid it's the in-laws again.

Maybe its just a way to look, without looking nosy?

But then maybe just a good old fashioned standing dead center in the window and staring out is the best option.

The reason I ask is that there are bushes in front of  some windows in front of my house and birds congregate there and well, I peek.

The bush is very close to the window and they sit there chirping and singing and I can get a close look if I *peek*.

The problem is that it occurred to me that my neighbors might apply all those other reasons to me!!!!

You can see the dilemma.

OK, so maybe they will think I am a fugitive in the FBI program, who owes money to creditors, is anti social and just happens to be nosy about birds.

Well, there has to be a better way.

I just wish I knew what it was.