we have you surrounded
It's like an old cop show, "We have you surrounded, Come out with your hands up" Ha Ha They haven't come to get me, no one is ready to lock me up. Not yet anyway. But my building is surrounded. By scaffolding. A crew of painters has been working their way around the complex, repainting gutters, eaves, balconies, hand rails and the exterior walls. You can see this makes getting in and out of my front door a little tricky. Duck under the cross bars, step over the bottom rail.... Almost completely surrounded. This will be up for about a week. Sadly, they don't have the time or budget to do things like sanding back, repairing holes etc, they just slap on the paint in the same colours, but still, it gives that "shiny and new" feel when it's done.