Get a new bay window, get an eagle free!

When Mark answered our ringing doorbell earlier this year he came face to face with Patrick Garvey, who offered to side our house for a price we couldn’t refuse. We ran a background check, followed him home, and ordered a drug test. Well, we thought about doing all that, but really, he seemed like a nice guy, seemed to know a thing or two about siding, and guaranteed our siding would stand up to at least a few good storms. Besides, painting the outside of my house just isn’t as fun as it used to be. So we hired him.

The Siding Man, Patrick Garvey, and his side-kick and wife, Jami, siding the side of our house.

The Garveys are nice folks and their attention to detail second to none. One day, we felt we knew them enough to share our sad, sad story about our wee window problem last summer–you might remember how another contractor ripped us off in a very big way claiming they could duplicate our existing bay window and then saying they wouldn’t? And that it was all our fault? Well, Patrick said he does windows, too, and once again, he offered us a price we couldn’t refuse.

The windows were all in place on Friday. They look like this. Or is it a single bay window? It’s so confusing.

We have a great view of our back yard now and one of the first things we saw out our bay window(s) on Saturday was this fella.

I stepped out onto the deck, ran down some stairs and took another shot before the bald eagle took to the air.

DSC_4192adj — Bald eagle stopping by to say hi.

I can’t think of a better first view out a new bay window.

I must thank Patrick and Jami for the fine work they’ve done so far, and for restoring our faith in contractors. Next weekend, maybe you could send a golden eagle past our window–we haven’t seen one of those in a long time.