There has been a whole lot of home improvement going on in North Atwater, Los Angeles. This is just one of four homes within 100 feet of each other being re-built. I am hopeful for the area because of this because it shows a willingness by the village's inhabitants to stay. These are people building homes not turning a profit. No one makes money tearing it down and building it up again. It is too much of an investment to make a financial gain in the end. Flippers make small repairs and cheap cosmetic fixes. Flippers are the gypsies of the modern real estate market. Kudos to those who buy houses and invest their heart and soul to the betterment (never thought I would use that word) of a home and neighborhood.
I gave myself some advice a few moments ago; "If you want people to remember what you say, don't say much. Most people don't have great memories." It is kinda like ninth grade English tautology concerning writing; KISS! Keep It Simple Stupid!
The pictures? I love the way a wall looks when it's surrounding walls and ceilings are no longer there, especially when there is a window. It is a window that lets you see what you can already see but frames it for you. There is something deep in that.
Post Script. I used Gypsy in a derogatory fashion earlier. I used it generically as a reference to people who migrate from place to place using thievery to maintain a morally questionable lifestyle. In no way did I mean to offend any true Gypsy or person with origins tracing back to a certain ethnicity. Gypsy is not always negative. Fleetwood Mac has a song called Gypsy describing a 'poetic soul'. "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison (the best song EVER!) has the lyrics " I wanna rock your gypsy soul" I don't think that was meant in a negative tone. Finally, there was a movie called Chocolat some years back where Johny Depp plays a very cool and good looking gypsy who helps the protagonist discover her bohemian nature. Gypsy is not always negative.
Wow KISS is hard to maintain.
BTW 'gypped' as in "he gypped me" is derived from the word Gypsy. So every time it is used it is insulting a certain ethnicity.
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