ok. here's the first batch of photos. you'll have to wait for some of the really dramatic finish pics.....
here's the early prep:
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more prep
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the whole picture (no, jessie's not there yet)
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finally, jessie is in the photo. i know that's all you're waiting for.
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i know jessie loves me more than she loves any of you, because she washed the side of my garage.
those are black raspberry bushes that she's braving there.
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I wish I had been there. Sometimes manual labor is fun when you're with the right folks.
we had enormous amounts of fun, beef. i wish you had been there, too. i know you would have had a great time.
this is the dreaded Back of the Garage....
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Quote from: nishi on April 10, 2005, 10:41:31 PM
i know jessie loves me more than she loves any of you, because she washed the side of my garage.
those are black raspberry bushes that she's braving there.
Now, that's devotion!
this is the only picture i took today (it's a new camera and i'm still getting used to it), but, like i said - there will be more finished and more dramatic photos tomorrow. i promise.
but in the meantime, it looks SO beautiful.
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Quote from: nishi on April 10, 2005, 10:44:23 PM
we had enormous amounts of fun, beef. i wish you had been there, too. i know you would have had a great time.
this is the dreaded Back of the Garage....
I don't appreciate you calling my ass that.
and no set of pictures from me would be complete without a picture of at least one of the dogs. this is willie, depressed because all his new friends went home. also, no one gave him pizza.
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Quote from: jessie on April 10, 2005, 10:49:53 PM
Quote from: nishi on April 10, 2005, 10:44:23 PM
we had enormous amounts of fun, beef. i wish you had been there, too. i know you would have had a great time.
this is the dreaded Back of the Garage....
I don't appreciate you calling my ass that.
i wasn't sure whose ass that was.
/waiting for bish to appear in this thread, summoned by the mention of ass.....
I *heart* all of nishi's animals.
And the pizza. Holy crap, that was sooo good.
the pizza was awesome. the company was fantastic. so many of my favorite people all in one place.
and it meant a lot of have jessie there. first, because i adore her, and also because it was a wonderful way to bring together different parts of my life that are really important to me.
it was a wonderful, wonderful day.
and here, for your viewing pleasure, are some more final views:
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and the most dramatic change:
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Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 07:50:09 AM
and the most dramatic change:
I love it.
I love the garage the most, I think.
Beautifuk.
Very nice. Congrats on getting it done!
I like the prayer flags, but aren't they supposed to be at the highest point aorund? I had some hanging above my desk in grad school. Saddly the fire got'em. I'll try to remember to post the pictures from the fire later tonight.
Nice. Very colorful. Where's the beer pong?
prayer flags are best if they're at the highest point around, but it's also ok to hang them in what basically becomes "the highest point you can reach without killing yourself". the higher you hnag them the more wind moves through them, and the farther the prayers travel on the backs of the wind horses.....
i used to be able to tell the pizza delivery guy, or someone coming to my house for the first time, "it's the only house for blocks with tibetan prayer flags". but the eldest son of the family at the end of my street is now studying at a monastery in dharamsala and their yard is FILLED with prayer flags - it's very nice to see, especially given the attitude of many of the other neighbors ("oh look! here's another little corner of space! let's put on another 2-story addition!")
we ended up too exhausted to play beer pong. i have to invite everyone back for ping pong.
OR.... we can plan a junto ping pong party at nishi's. i think that's really REALLY REALLY the very best plan of all.
Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 08:43:09 AM
we ended up too exhausted to play beer pong. i have to invite everyone back for ping pong.
OR.... we can plan a junto ping pong party at nishi's. i think that's really REALLY REALLY the very best plan of all.
I'm so there.
It's about time to start planning our next get-together, it's been three months already.
I miss you bastards.
So you are like turning the neighborhood in to your own Tibetian Buddhist ghetto?
NEAT!
eventually you may have cutting edge Tibetian rap groups exploding to national prominence. weeeeee!
Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 08:42:02 AM
prayer flags are best if they're at the highest point around, but it's also ok to hang them in what basically becomes "the highest point you can reach without killing yourself". the higher you hnag them the more wind moves through them, and the farther the prayers travel on the backs of the wind horses.....
i used to be able to tell the pizza delivery guy, or someone coming to my house for the first time, "it's the only house for blocks with tibetan prayer flags". but the eldest son of the family at the end of my street is now studying at a monastery in dharamsala and their yard is FILLED with prayer flags - it's very nice to see, especially given the attitude of many of the other neighbors ("oh look! here's another little corner of space! let's put on another 2-story addition!")
Ah, the prayer flags. You may have thwarted our earlier attempt to get them, but we'll try again .... Those flags will be ours.
Quote from: dc on April 11, 2005, 08:57:17 AM
Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 08:42:02 AM
prayer flags are best if they're at the highest point around, but it's also ok to hang them in what basically becomes "the highest point you can reach without killing yourself". the higher you hnag them the more wind moves through them, and the farther the prayers travel on the backs of the wind horses.....
i used to be able to tell the pizza delivery guy, or someone coming to my house for the first time, "it's the only house for blocks with tibetan prayer flags". but the eldest son of the family at the end of my street is now studying at a monastery in dharamsala and their yard is FILLED with prayer flags - it's very nice to see, especially given the attitude of many of the other neighbors ("oh look! here's another little corner of space! let's put on another 2-story addition!")
Ah, the prayer flags. You may have thwarted our earlier attempt to get them, but we'll try again .... Those flags will be ours.
i saw one of your minions poking around at them the other day, squirrel boy. i have new surveillance equipment....
Whenever I get a new place, y'all gotta come down and help me get my feng shui groove on.
Quote from: ignom on April 11, 2005, 09:06:18 AM
Whenever I get a new place, y'all gotta come down and help me get my feng shui groove on.
you bet!
Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 09:01:47 AM
Quote from: dc on April 11, 2005, 08:57:17 AM
Quote from: nishi on April 11, 2005, 08:42:02 AM
prayer flags are best if they're at the highest point around, but it's also ok to hang them in what basically becomes "the highest point you can reach without killing yourself". the higher you hnag them the more wind moves through them, and the farther the prayers travel on the backs of the wind horses.....
i used to be able to tell the pizza delivery guy, or someone coming to my house for the first time, "it's the only house for blocks with tibetan prayer flags". but the eldest son of the family at the end of my street is now studying at a monastery in dharamsala and their yard is FILLED with prayer flags - it's very nice to see, especially given the attitude of many of the other neighbors ("oh look! here's another little corner of space! let's put on another 2-story addition!")
Ah, the prayer flags. You may have thwarted our earlier attempt to get them, but we'll try again .... Those flags will be ours.
i saw one of your minions poking around at them the other day, squirrel boy. i have new surveillance equipment....
Did I say "get them"? I misspoke. You misunderstand our intentions. We're just trying to add to them, that's all.....
Party at our house in Kansas WHEN we buy it. :)
That looks so cool, Nishi!
i love it so much! every time i drive up or go outside, i'm so happy! and the colors were fun to paint with because they're so pretty. you get that nice 'my eyes are saturated with color' feeling..... or anyway - *i* do.
;D
Our homeowners association would have a fit if we did that. Stupid boring homeowners association.
yes, somehow we do not have a homeowners association in this neighborhood.
they probably thought they didn't need one.....
;D
Quote from: nishi on April 12, 2005, 06:23:23 AM
yes, somehow we do not have a homeowners association in this neighborhood.
they probably thought they didn't need one.....
;D
okay, now that comment made me laugh.
nishi, are you going to paint the rest of the house, as well? if so, what colors?
Quote from: sapphirehart on April 13, 2005, 12:05:42 PM
Quote from: nishi on April 12, 2005, 06:23:23 AM
yes, somehow we do not have a homeowners association in this neighborhood.
they probably thought they didn't need one.....
;D
okay, now that comment made me laugh.
nishi, are you going to paint the rest of the house, as well? if so, what colors?
actually i realized last night that one of the reasons that we don't have a homeowner's association is that most of my neighbors would not want one. we live in a very old and architecturally diverse neighborhood, and many of my newer neighbors have moved into perfectly beautiful homes on good sized lots and added on story additions, converted garages, built extensions.... basically fucked the architectural integrity of these homes in ways that no homeowner's association would ever allow. my paint may be bright, but it's paint.
no, the parts of the house that are white will stay white - that's siding. once the weather clears, though, i'll get some pictures from the side, so you can see it with the garage - then, the colors are even better. plus - the garden's not in yet! all summer i have these enormous patches of bright pink cleomes that get about 4 feet tall, and deep purple morning glories all over, and these beautiful brazilian sage bushes that grow to about 3 or 4 feet and are covered with deep cobalt blue flowers. yay!!
is it considered a faux pas to steal someone else's prayer flag as a prank? Or play capture the flag?
ok i'll stop...
The painting looks great and I love the flower lined path to the house.. What is the stone your house is made of called?
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on April 13, 2005, 12:40:49 PM
The painting looks great and I love the flower lined path to the house.. What is the stone your house is made of called?
Stone?
Quote from: ReBurninator on April 13, 2005, 01:10:46 PM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on April 13, 2005, 12:40:49 PM
The painting looks great and I love the flower lined path to the house.. What is the stone your house is made of called?
Stone?
it's limestone. a lot of the houses in the neighborhood are limestone, since the stone was quarried about 3 blocks from where my house is now. the quarry itself was converted to a private swim club about 75 years ago. this is what that quarry looks like now:
(http://www.lakesideswim.com/Photo_Gallery/images/View3_jpg.jpg)
That is a pretty frickin awesome pool!
Yeah, it is!
Quote from: Gamplayerx on April 13, 2005, 03:42:14 PM
That is a pretty frickin awesome pool!
it is easily the most astounding pool i have ever seen. it is enormous (both the area on the right, and the lighter blue area toward the top of the picture are both olympic size pools, and you can see that they are nowhere near the largest part of the thing) - my guess would be that it covers the area of at least 7, if not 8 olympic size pools. plus, it's just beautiful, especially late in the summer at twilight.
however, because there is SO much water, it does take a while for the thing to warm up after memorial day....
How deep is it?
depending on where you are in the pool, anywhere from 3 - 12 feet deep.
Nishi, where is that place?
Quote from: jessie on April 13, 2005, 08:06:53 PM
Nishi, where is that place?
from how you got to my house, if you go straight on trevilian toward bardstown road instead of turning right on dundee, it's about 2 blocks up on the right. there is a stone gatehouse and that's pretty much all you can see from the street.