Before, I'd thought it was an optical illusion, but now I'm sure of it: our new house-in-progress is taller than the houses on either side. It also stands a little further forward and extends further back into the yard. This means that our backyard is teeny tiny (and, as you can tell, the front yard ain't much larger than a postage stamp), but in this day of Barry Bonds and other steroid-taking heroes, why get hung up on consequences?*

As of today, the new house has a roof. Framing is very near completion. I think the eves over the porch and in front of the garage are the only things left.

*PS: can you tell that these posts are tongue-in-cheek? Or am I being too opaque? I realize that sardonicism (sardonicness? sardonicity?) is relatively rare these days, so it's hard to tell if people are taking me at face value. Hmmmm.