The other day I was looking out of my bedroom window with a
pair of binoculars. I had put up a birdhouse that up until the other day had
gone vacant, and I was just trying to see what the new, feathered neighbours look
like. Don’t get me wrong, if I could see anything in the windows of my other
neighbours I probably would, but curtains and trees have put a stop to my being
the neighbourhood Peeping Tom.
The birdhouse is made from a pot with a couple of holes
drilled into it and if I were a newly married small bird couple, it would be a
terrific home to start raising a family. I might upgrade in a few years once my
career as a bird took off as it were, but for now a nice clay bungalow would
fit the bill…or beak. I think the bird couple are Thrushes, or they could be Sparrows,
to tell the truth, all of them look the same to me. I would have liked to have
Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers, Warbler or an Ovenbird take up residence, but since the
only thing I am getting for providing a house is bird shit, I really don’t
care.
The point of this bird talk is just to let you know I was
looking through the binoculars. When I got bored looking at the birds (about a
minute) I raised my sights and saw the roof of the garage. It looked really
cool with the corners all turned up and most of the grit having been washed off
and I thought that it would make a good picture. The trouble with architecture
that will make good pictures is that generally speaking, the part of the
building in question is in bad shape. I have put off calling in the roofer because;
well, because, well, yeah, I don’t know why. I just can’t put it off any
longer.
Once the roof gets done, there will be nothing hanging over
my head anymore. Well, the roof will be over my head and it will be waterproof
for about twenty years. Whoever owns the house after that can worry when the
roof of the garage looks really cool. I suppose that by then they will have
done away with asphalt shingles and be using some kind of energy shield. It is
possible that the city will be under a dome and there will be no use for roofs
at all. Well, as long as they keep the birds out of the dome there shouldn’t be
a use for roofs.
However, for now we still need to keep the water and snow out
of the house, so I will wait by the phone for Mohamed to call back and
eventually give me a quote. I still haven’t decided whether or not I will do my
own garage, but I am leaning towards letting the professionals break their
backs and bake their brains.
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