Friday, September 11, 2009

At Last

Twenty years after building their house, the Cummings finally put in a pool. Christina and I went to Fresno Pacific with the pool's designer. He did a great job of blending the pool and waterfalls with the natural landscape.

The shape of the pool is meant to resemble that of a pond. The deep end is on the left and the shallow is on the right. As you can see, the shallow end also has an extended shelf allowing for more play room for little children.

The top of the two waterfalls make for great places to lounge. They also provide a relaxing white noise while sitting poolside.

The view from inside the pool. The infinity edge is framed nicely by the rocks and overlooks the hillside.

The video below is a quick snippet of Dillon showing off his moves. He loves to pretend that he is Buzz Lightyear while swimming. You can hear him calling Buzz's name out in his first few jumps. In the last jump he says, "To infinity and beyond!" One note, when this video was shot the temporary fence was still up by the deep end.




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3 comments:

Uncle Larry said...

To infinity and beyond looked a bit like a belly flop? Nice pool

Jennifer said...

In the last shot, Dillon's belly flop reminds me of his dad in swim club...lol

Jimmie said...

Swim club, uggh! The thoughts of waking up at 5:30 am every morning during summer break, sunburns, those hideous Speedos, not to mention always getting last in the meets make me want to puke.