(Untitled)

[nevergirl]

i am in ottawa right now, sitting out on my mother's front porch in a silk dress, drinking water out of an old jelly jar. post easter brunch with the family, i am overfed, wired on hotel coffee, and i think i can hear my mom pulling into the driveway just now

Comments

[cactusthesaint]

(ps: you double-posted)

[nevergirl]

fixed - thanks!

[lola_joan]

It's wonderful to hear from you.
Your storytelling is lovely and engaging, as usual. <3

[nevergirl]

thanks, you sweetly affirmative lady :)

[kirithebrave]

Hey, did your father do the design work for that new big glass enclosure dealie?

It's pretty amazing. It was one of our high precision surveyors who laid that out so it would come together properly. Very challenging, but it looks pretty cool now :)

Also, that big granite wall at the back, is it going to have a waterfall thing going on? It kinda looks like that is what it is meant for.

[nevergirl]

yup, my dad partnered with an architect from toronto, and another from montreal, i believe. it was a collaborative effort, but definitely his baby - he lives directly across the street from the museum. the glass enclosure was a feat of engineering, he took my sister and i into the site while the construction was being done and we climbed up the scaffolding to check it out. eerie, actually.

the big granite wall...hm, i'm not sure i can recall where that is placed. if it's a big piece of exposed rock it might be original to the building, they worked hard to keep those raw elements framed by the new work, as well as the old facades that were restored.

i'll ask if it's supposed to be a water wall tho - seems dorky, but it might just be the case. lord knows there's enough sassy beach grass planted in gravel and recessed lighting to justify a tacky waterfall....

[kirithebrave]

Holy cow, you were walking around there during construction? Did you know about the glass falling? Good timing anyway. There just hapenned to not be anyone down there when it hapenned. And some other interesting drama with some sheets of glass getting broken right after someone got fired from the job...
Anyway, I'm just gossiping now.
I think it is beautiful. And yes absolutely a feat of engineering. I know how exact the layout had to be. That's pretty much a zero tolerance contraption they had to put together. Amazing. Our geodesist said it was one of his more challenging jobs. And he is the best high prec. guy in the province if not the country. I'm glad it came together ok.
The wall I'm talking about is on the opposite side of the building to the glass enclosure. It is a new dark granite wall at the edge of the property. So it is the first thing you see when you come off the queensway and go up metcalf.

[crotchgoblin]

I JUST NOTICED YOUR UPDATED INTERESTS.

[nevergirl]

THREE YEARS LATER

[crotchgoblin]

Huh I APPEAR TO HAVE NOTICED THEM AGAIN

MONDAY YEAH?

[crotchgoblin]

No no TUESDAY

Sorry, I'm slow.