East Meets West

[susandennis]

My condo faces due east.  Summer mornings can be brutal when the sun is out. Thankfully, here in Seattle, a lot of our mornings are cloudy.  Lots of times, the clouds burn off at lunch and the sun is out all afternoon and much of the evening.

This building is divided in half.  Half the units are on the east side like mine and half are on the west side.  I have friends on the west side and visiting them in the afternoons has always made me soooo glad I picked this side.

When I moved in here - January of 1992 - only about a third of the units had sold so I had my pick of the other 2 thirds.  I did not even think of the sun.  I picked this side because all the ones over here have a bath and a half.  I was all over having a spare toilet!

Then this year, they built a building outside my terrace.  It's actually very lovely and I can't wait until people move in.  I am binocular ready.  The building has giant floor to ceiling windows and is about 4 stories taller than this one.

So that evening sun?   It comes across our building's roof and hits those windows and ricochets right into my living room!!  Happily it's only here for about 30 minutes and so does little damage as far as really heating the place.  Especially if I remember to roll down my great sun blocking shades.

And the bonus is that it lights up my stained glass so beautifully. I get evenings like this.

Comments

[shutterbug.livejournal.com]

Definitely worth the short suffering!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I think I might be unhappy if the new building blocked my view in any way; but, if I'm imagining it correctly, your building is closer to the water. My friend Judy had a gorgeous condo withe views of the city and water. They built a building across the street from her and got around code violations by putting the parking garage underneath. If I come back to Seattle, I'll be cautious about development.

[susandennis]

I, on the other hand, would MUCH rather have a building and people across from me so I was thrilled with the new apartment building. But, yes, if you want a view, you'd do best to buy or rent where a view is protected in perpetuity. That's just not my priority.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Your condo is perfect for you and I admire that. Now that the television is gone in the lobby, you'll have new views to enjoy! :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Wow, lovely stained glass. One of my neighbours recently had the boring, ugly security glass in her front door replaced with beautiful, abstract stained glass and I've been rather jealous of it. I glare at my security glass ever morning and promise myself that one day I will replace it with something gorgeous.

[susandennis]

It took me 17 years to go from 'I really want stained glass up there' to getting it done. I found the artist here on LJ and commissioned it and love it.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

So jealous of your place!

[susandennis]

:)

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

That is lovely.

[seekerval.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this photo. I followed the artist's posts during the building of most of your mural, but fell off the LJ habit for a while before she finished. So ... this is the first I've seen of the completed work.

It's Tres Cool! --- As I knew it would be, of course.