Footings and Foundations

Surprisingly

the most terrifying

walls

were the first walls.

The footings were confusing

The concrete walls

were not completely 

understandable

But somehow

the studding

in the basement 

and the first story

were terrifying.

Nothing looked

as it had

in my

minds eye.

Some spaces

were larger.

Some spaces

were smaller.

My perceptions

were altered

daily

as each new

wall went

up.

a view into the basement

a look from the far corner of the kitchen

from the kitchen into the family room

the first half of the front of the house

a look inside the garage

the front of the house

from the back of the house, before the front of the house went up

  

looking down into our closet and bath

looking down into the master bath

looking down into the family room

just looking down

the foyer

I couldn't 

get my 

footings

in several of the

rooms.

I re-examined 

the plans.

I felt panic.

This was

not

what I thought

it would

BE.

And then 

the day the

first story

was finished,

I arrived

to take

pictures

I approached

the front

door

and suddenly

it all

made

sense.