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Homes for Sale in the Hospital District

HDNA.org is an improved style of neighborhood association - one that keeps the best aspects while eliminated the boring meetings, petty politics and inefficiencies of older methods of communication.

By eliminating scheduling conflicts, telephone tag, and delays in waiting for endless meetings to happen, your HDNA.org web site will connect you anytime YOU choose.

Of course we'll still be getting together for events and projects you may want to organize or take part in.

But, with on-line tools and 24/7 availability, you'll be able to work on what you want, when you want, and communicate with your neighbors when it's convenient for you.

HDNA.org is a simple recipe of philanthropy and fun.

It's completely FREE and as easy as sending email.

Go to: http://hdna.org today!

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To get your valuable set of links made just for residents, send email with your name to: links@hdna.org

We all know that it's that time again when we are seeing more leaves on our sidewalk, yard and/or pool than we might like.

Here are a few tips from neighbors on how to cope with the "season of Chicken Little". Meanwhile, enjoy the wonder of gravity and wind!

Pick Your Day - If you rake on a nice day, you'll enjoy the weather and get a jump on your fall exercise program!

Protect Your Shrubs - The Farmers Almanac is rarely wrong, and this winter looks like a cold one. Leaves are inexpensive mulch and may protect plants against a freeze. Do you remember the record cold of Christmas Day, 1983?!?

Take Time to Smell the Fungus - Well, at least examine it! The lichens and fungus growing on the leaves can be fascinating under a magnifying lens!

A Walk-By Rah-Rah - Take a walk and greet your neighbors who are out raking, with a friendly word or two of encouragement.

Test Your Leaf Quotient - How many trees can you name from their leaves? This is a great activity for kids and grandkids, too!

Address - Square Feet - List Price

1701 Glen Alta - 1,768 SF; $159,900
1714 Glen Alta - 2,120 SF; $189,500
1819 Sunnybrook - 1,688 SF; $130,000
1827 Sunnybrook - 1,968 SF; $136,900
1404 Limetree - 2,311 SF; $187,500
500 Maykus Ct - 2,345 SF; $177,500
1720 Post Oak - 2,194 SF; $163,000
1702 Post Oak - 2,115 SF; $145,000
1526 Post Oak - 3,071 SF; $224,900
1500 Cripple Creek -3,566 SF; $289,000
1501 Cripple Creek -2,820 SF; $195,000
1415 Wentwood - 1,742 SF; $137,500
200 Kosstre CT - 2,850 SF; $310,000

Average Price per Square Foot: $81.84
Average Size: 2,427 Square Feet

Living in the Hospital District is great!

Trusty Rusty,
Squirrel at Large

Trusty Rusty,
Part 2

Trusty Rusty,
Squirrel at Large - Part 3

Hi! I'm, Rusty, a fox squirrel native to the lush woods of the Hospital District, and I'm looking for a good home - possibly yours.

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But, I have some nasty habits you may not like. For example, I like to gnaw on things incessantly.

I like to crawl into the attic and eat the insulation off your water pipes and quench my thirst on the condensation. And, I particularly like to gnaw on your inside electrical wires, phone lines, security system wires, TV cables, and more.

I'm not looking for a shock, I just find these perfectly shaped strands a handy way to keep my front teeth worn down because they are constantly growing.

But, look-out! I may cause an electrical outage, a phone line repair, a pipe to freeze, or even a fire. So, I'll understand if you would like me to live elsewhere.

And, most people would just like to see me leave because of all the noise I make at odd hours.

Here are a few tips on how to keep me in my natural habitat - trees.

I am usually looking for access to your attic from an opening on your roof or through gables or vents.

Since it's well into fall, I'm looking for a nice place for the winter. So, this would be a good time for you to get up in the attic and look for light coming in through various places. Chances are that if you get all of these blocked or screened off, that will take care of it.

I like to crawl in through the slats of gables so common around here, so you should secure these with heavy wire screen that I can't claw through. If you have an opening other that this, you may want to block it off with solid wood, or even sheet metal (such as you would use for roof flashing).

If I've co-habitated with you before, then I'm going to try hard to scratch and pry to get back in, so make your repairs securely.

I'm usually out foraging 2 hours after dawn, and again a few hours before sunset. If you get your work done at these times, you'll not block me inside without an exit. I appreciate that.

Finally, don't feel sorry for me. My ancestors and I have done well for thousands of years in this climate.

Protecting your home will preserve the time-honored tradition of native squirrel architecture.

We build large, elaborate nests, called "dreys", which form protective barriers against wind, temperature and precipitation.

They are waterproof and made of an outer layer of interwoven twigs with a softer inner lining consisting of moss, bark, leaves, fur, feathers, lichen or other similar material.

We also sometimes create dens in old woodpecker nests and in tree hollows.

If you put out a bird feeder this winter, I will clean up the seeds that the birds spill, and this treat will be greatly appreciated.

Then, sit back and enjoy the entertainment, as I perform my high-wire act; traversing phone lines and fence ridges, and flying daringly from tree to tree with the greatest of ease. I'm even easier to spot when the leaves come down.

If you'd like me to visit your newsletter again, I'll let you know what I'm up to this spring.

I also publish Rusty's Almanac, where you'll find the most trusted acorn production forecasts each summer for the upcoming fall season.

For more information about Rusty's kin, ( a species officially called Sciurus niger), visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife Wild Texas Fact Sheets at:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/factsheets/
mammals/eastern_fox_squirrel/
eastern_fox_squirrel.htm

We Don't Want to Go on Without You!

We Don't Want to Go on Without You! - Continued

"Irving's Community Walk program, (also known as Elite Feet), has teamed up with Baylor Irving's Mall Walkers to form a new program, called Walk Around Irving", said Ann Gillespie in a recent HDNA.org interview.

To celebrate the new alliance, Baylor Health System at Irving will provide you with a free T-shirt and personal mileage ledger just for registering.

To register, send an email to: hdna@hdna.org and let us know you want to sign up for Walk Around Irving.

We will send you a registration form which you fill out. Then, Baylor Irving will see that you get your free T-Shirt and ledger.

When you get your walking ledger, keep track of your mileage (It's all on the honor system) and send in your completed tally for additional points and prizes.

It's easy to keep track of your mileage with distance markers at most Irving Park Trails. It's free, it's fun and good for you, too!

We need your help to achieve the goals of HDNA.org, which aims to foster communication, good will and friendship, between and among all residents.

We also strive to help residents protect and improve the significant investment made in our homes.

Together, we can improve our public and private services, our security and safety, and enhance parks and other public facilities within the neighborhood.

We can encourage new investment by residents and businesses and enthusiastically welcome newcomers to the Hospital District Neighborhood.

Through community works, social and philanthropic, we can grow the reputation of the entire neighborhood.

By empowering people through new technology and old-time friendship, we can create one of the best neighborhoods in which to live.

And, we don't want to do it with you on the sidelines.

Even if you're homebound, work the night shift or are just a homebody, you can be an active participant.

Write articles from your desktop, use the telephone, or just participate in events - you decide when and how.

Getting started is easy. When you visit the web site at: http://hdna.org you will see a page called "Why Me?".

Page down, browse the list of activities, or suggest one of your own. All you have to do is clickon the "I'm interested" link and your email will be opened for you.

Even if you just want to know what's going on, we need your email address to give you the latest news.

Don't have a computer? Just drop us a post card or call 972-399-8300 and send a fax.

Or, visit the Irving Library for your public Internet Access.(See hdna.org/contact.html for hours)

There you'll find a friendly face to help. We are all learning the Internet together!

Enjoy an Evening Walk at :

Lively Park

Two Routes to the Park