Lay of the Neighborhood

Cartoonist Carol Lay, whose weekly comic "Way Lay" appears in newspapers across the country and around the world, focuses on her Franklin Hills neighborhood in this week's strip.

This week's comic, subtitled "Things I Love About My Neighborhood," includes illustrations of and stories about the Shakespeare Bridge, a Dr. Seuss-esque tree on Finley St. and Walt Disney's old house on Lyric -- all a short walking distance from her place, and us too... After all, this here blog's world headquarters on Franklin.

Lay, whose frequently uses her life as inspiration for her comics, also notes how the "the next hill over used to be called 'Skunk Hill.'"

I can attest to that. Three out of the seven days of the week, the unmistakable stench of a skunk will permeate through the neighborhood. Notes Lay, "Now I call my neighborhood 'skunk hill adjacent."