The Church Building

Well I mentioned on Sunday morning that I would post photos of the church building progress. Here they are, with commentary. :) :) :)

The back and side of the building. I really like the rounded alcoves. I asked Mel, "Why are the windows in the alcoves in back upside down?" And he responded, "Because they are smiling, not frowning." I think half-circle windows should be flat side down, not flat side up, more light comes in at the flat section than the rounded section, and people will be closer to the bottom than the top of the windows. Personally, I think they look a lot like eyes in this photo, but hopefully will not think of that when I am in church. heh heh hehThere is a person in this photo, working on the far wall. This photo is interesting to me because it shows how thick the walls really are (see the right side of the alcove window - those big blocks are all wall). Why they have to be this thick, I do not know. The thickness and shape of the alcove really cut out a lot of the window opening, but hopefully the area around the inside of the window will be painted white and reflect a lot of light back into the church. Knowing our people here, having the lights on is not going to be a priority, so all the outside light we can get will be much appreciated by those of us whose eyesight is dimming with age and disease. Or those of us who just happen to believe that the more light, the better for reading. I still like the alcoves, just wish the walls didn't have to be so humungously thick at that point. It kind of reminds me of the castles in Scotland...Side and front view. Mel tells me that there are now pointy tops on the windows (he went by the building again on Sunday). The pointy tops will be incorporated into some kind of an arch over the front door. I really like the way it is looking.Here is a side view again, including the street. There is still no sewer line in the building. It will come out on the other street that is not in view but looks a lot like this one only at right angle to this one, go way down a block and turn a 90 degree angle and meet up with the main sewer line there. In other words - the house that originally stood here had an outhouse - no, it actually had TWO outhouses and no sewer line. I am assuming that all of these houses here have outhouses or the church would be able to join in a sewer line that they were using. I'm not sure if we can actually use the building until we get both water in and water out, but we're hoping for late spring or early summer. Why do I mention the sewer line with this photo? I don't know. It just looks like a good photo to mention the sewer line with.I could have mentioned the sewer line with this photo instead. This is a hole in the sidewalk at the corner across from the church. I'm not sure where the hole goes, but it is there and there is nothing under that piece of concrete. I have no idea how big the hole is, but I'm not going to be walking on that sidewalk in that area again.And finally, a sideways view of the street beside the church. Does this photo make you dizzy? It makes me dizzy, looking at it. But this is exactly the way I took it - sideways. I thought it would make an interesting photo. And it did. ha ha ha ha
I think the gray is getting to me...............