What I Don't Know..Either

There's two somethings new within the last month here in the 'spring. They are both solid objects, each bigger than a breadbox. (If the last makes no sense to you, you are under 50)

At least I know what one item is: it is a complete traffic light. This differentiates it from our only other traffic light, which is in the center of town. It only flashes red, so that all vehicles must stop and the courthouse before continuing on their merry or other ways. The new light has red, green and yellow. As if that weren't enough, it also has a green arrow. Now, I do understand that the new traffic light is to regulate traffic coming from an intersecting street. What I don't understand is the arrow light. It appears to be that its only function is to allow a quicker turn into the gas station, as that is the only current destination where the arrow points. On second thought, far be it from me to underrate the need to make a quick turn for gas rather than wait for the stream of traffic a town of 691 people to go through the intersection.

You'll be as relieved as I was to know that the superfluous traffic sign poles from last month's post have been remover - ostensibly from another road crew at some later date. On a possibly related note, I understand that TXDOT is running out of money.

The second object is even harder to understand. It belongs to our neighbors, and nobody I've polled seems to know what it is. This isn't the first mystery phenomenon to appear on said neighbors' lot: two years ago, a sort of pit appeared beside their house. Rumor had it that a swimming pool was to be built there. That never happened. Then it became, briefly, a volleyball court, and finally a parking area for boat trailers, etc.

The new entity is even, as Alice would say, curiouser. 12 house windows are joined together in an oblong formataion supported by wooden boards. This is between the house and the gaping canyon. Is it a greenhouse? Solar energy attractor? Glass House? Object d' art? We don't know.
If anyone else would like to hazard a guess, please, please do so.