Naked in my own backyardI am a firm believer that a man’s home is his castle. And that &l
Naked in my own backyardI am a firm believer that a man’s home is his castle. And that “Castle-hood” extends all the way to the mote (property line). I don’t care if you own or rent, while it is your home, you get to call the shots. And if you want your home to be clothing optional, that is your choice. You shouldn’t have to worry about keeping your “window shades all full completely down”, nor who is looking over your back fence.I have a six foot solid wall around most of my backyard. The neighbors behind my house can’t see a thing. The neighbor on one side is a friend who doesn’t mind my nudity. They won’t join, in but have no complaints. The neighbor on the other side is an AirBnB. It is two stories tall with a window in the second floor pool and air hockey room that can see most of my backyard. Easily looking over my six foot wall.Lately I have gotten very tired of that house being constantly occupied, so that I cannot enjoy my yard as I would like. The cleaners wait for group A to get out so they can wipe the place down, and group B is waiting outside for them to finish. And please don’t tell me that 5 or 6 cars worth of people all live together. What COVID-19?So I have decided to test the theory that they really don’t care what I do. I venture out wearing only shoes at most to tend to the chickens, or feed the stray cats, or read the paper, or rake all the pine needles in case the neighborhood forest fire gets any closer (so far we haven’t been told to evacuate). Surprise, surprise, nobody has said a thing. Sometimes the window shade in the pool room is down after I have ventured out, other times it isn’t. Does this mean they mostly don’t care or at least willing to let me be me? Maybe it is just too much trouble to complain to anyone. Whatever it is, I am glad it is working.Whenever possibly I recommend privacy walls. Permission from your neighbors is even better, you might find a convert. When all else fails, push the limits if you can. In most places it is up to the complainant to prove you had lewd or or lascivious intent. A privacy wall can go a long way to disprove that. The more normal we can make nudity seem, even if only in limited numbers and situations, the better it becomes for all of us.P.S. I hope Tumblr’s censors will accept a tomato leaf, I don’t have any fig leaves. -- source link