Dear Eric: I have a comment to add for the person who doesn’t like looking at the decaying sandbox in their neighbor’s yard (“Sight for Sore Eyes”).

If the neighbor doesn’t choose to remove the sandbox, the writer might be able to place one or two large deck umbrellas in the corner of their yard to hide the sandbox from their view.

My husband is a dedicated “collector” of useful items, and our side yard had become an unsightly collection of odds and ends. I bought three wide tilting deck umbrellas in cheerful red and positioned them in my yard to screen most of the clutter from the neighbor’s view.

– Neat Neighbor

Dear Neighbor: You’re so accommodating! I’m glad it all worked out.

Others wrote in with similar suggestions, like planting a fast-growing bush. Or offering to pay for and

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