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Alicia


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Collection: Home is where you find it
Camera: Kodak C875
Location: Deck
Date: Jul 12, 2007
Galleries: Snapshot, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2007

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Comments: 12
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 Carpenters, plumbers, dry wallers, you name it - they are here, even as I type. I took a bunch of photos of them and I'm sure they thought I was using the pictures to complain or something, though I assured them they were only for me - heh.

Yesterday afternoon, when I came home, they had just left and there were two gaping holes in my wall with nothing over them. In case you haven't heard, I live in Phoenix - aka HELL - and it's hot. So hot air is merrily flowing into my air conditioned home. Not to mention multi-legged beasts that can freely come and go as they please.

I had to jummp through flaming hoops to get someone to come (after 5PM) to close up those holes. In the process I got very upset. I think actual flames were shooting out of my head.

Today things are better - sort of. LOL!

In the photo you see a shot from my upper deck to the downstairs where they have The Saw. For those of you getting ready to complain about the deck edge showing on the right side of the photo - I like it there. :op (Do I sound a little stressed?)

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 07/25/2009 06:01:40 AM
this would have been great for the construction challenge..
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 07/26/2007 09:09:16 AM
nice shot glad they have it fixed.
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 07/22/2007 06:37:50 PM
Great perspective. If only the result of the work had been as good as the photo. I hope they've fixed it properly now.
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 07/18/2007 07:20:50 AM
I love the perspective on this, really great lines!
It is amazing the pathetic work ethics many contractors have these days... leaving a hole in the wall? Geesh! I'd be spitting venom too!
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 07/14/2007 08:18:31 PM
Originally posted by Redjulep:
I think actual flames were shooting out of my head.

Now *that* would make an interesting photo! :-D

Hope your stress level has dropped since yesterday. I was taking some photos of some Mexican construction workers and I saw them panic -- I suddenly realized they probably thought I was from a union (or maybe from immigration). I just smiled and waved and walked away without looking back.

Fun photo, btw. I love that yellow of the wall!
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 07/12/2007 09:55:54 PM
what a fun shot. i love looking down and seeing the worker. the yellow is great!
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 07/12/2007 09:07:08 PM
Yeah, construction always stesses me out no matter what it is, I hope it ends quickly & everything is completed fast!
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 07/12/2007 03:03:08 PM
yes you do sound stressed but i'm sure you're over it now?? .. absolutely love your square crop alicia it goes so well with your subject !!! .. lol lol .
& yeah, a square crop can be a total buggar, coz sometimes it just doesnt work .. i cheat some of the time and just totally rescale the image so that it becomes a square crop .. when its rescaled it's sometimes hard to tell that its been done if you dont compare it with the original .. it probably wouldnt work with this coz then the guy would look all fat and out'v proportion, altho he looks lean enough to handle it!!! ..
i'm glad you got your hole fixed .. ppl around here often go to the mall or the shopping centre on the worst hot days if they dont have air conditioning in their homes .. i'd go for a drive in my car before i got the air conditioner at home ... :)xx

Message edited by author 2007-07-12 19:04:47.
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 07/12/2007 01:27:16 PM
Heck Alicia, I think you have every right to be stressed. Love the perspective of this shot (and also of the image of you tell workman you liked taken photos of them for your own pleasure)

I went to Phoenix a couple of years ago (I stayed in tempe but visited Phoenix) with work. It was January and my first memory of the place is the TV news suggesting that people took a coat with them to work as it was going to be 'a chilly 67'...I laughed like a drain because I had just come in from -4 England...So I can imagine it gets a touch warm at this time of year

Hope the repairs are soon finished and that you can get everything back in its place
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 07/12/2007 11:31:22 AM
[pats redjulep's hand] It's OK, I like the deck edge too. Don't you LOVE getting construction done? Time to sit down with a tall glass of iced tea and a good novel. :)
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 07/12/2007 09:27:19 AM
Great perspective -- sorry about the 4 legged critters
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 07/12/2007 08:53:39 AM
I like the framing of the deck edge along. What bothers me is how it looks so high, and you're looking straight down... I'm not totally scared of heights, but they do give me the heeby geeby's! LOL! Try to stay cooled off with no other animals making their home in your place ;)
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