Window Blind Man's Bluff

You'll recall the pictures of the bird outside my window, shot from the inside. The other morning, when nothing much was moving, I took my camera and walked across Harbourside drive and took a picture of my office window (on the right) and my wife's kitchen windows (on the left). I also took a shot from Winding Oaks, looking past the driveway and to the left would be my other windows. This house has LOTS of windows.

Next week, we'll see a bit less from the inside, when we install blinds in the living room and master bedroom. That's probably a good thing - the sunlight would eventually bleach out furniture from that one set of windows. And we need blinds in the bedroom, if only to blot out that pesky streetlight that shines directly into my wife's eyes at night. Mind you, on MY side of the bed, I am not bothered at all because my side has a wall with dresser against it, so no problem. Of course I offered to switch sides of the bed.........as you can imagine that went nowhere after 39 years of marriage. I'm convinced women are creatures of habit and will not change for love nor money. Men are like tomcats - they'll sleep wherever they fall down. Might be from having a career traveling and spending nights in strange beds too often.

So, my wife's solution so far has been to take wrapping paper and tape it to the windows. Now, that's tacky but it did turn out temporarily effective. It also brought about a search for a blind person to come and measure the openings for a more elegant and permanent solution. We got a phone call the other day, and the blinds are now ready to be installed. That's a good thing, after all. When I write yet another check, I'll know I'm that much closer to having completed the new house.

I wasn't all that impressed with the blind guy, but his dog was pretty damn good with the tape measure.