We've made a little more progress on the roof lately.
I also finally closed up the railing on the porch that had been unfinished for quite a while.
Not long ago I rented a chain saw from Home Depot and went to town on an old dead avocado tree that was also up on the back hill. Looking out from the treehouse window, you see the little strip of ground that we're starting to clear for what will be hopefully be a garden next spring. Can't have too many projects!
Life rushes on and I haven't revisited the blog in a while. The hill behind our house is covered with grass and weeds that are knee deep, courtesy of the recent rains. Up in the lofty reaches of our tree, however, part of the treehouse is somewhat more water-repellant thanks to some basic asphalt roofing shingles.
Here is a view from below. I didn't really know what I was doing, but it worked out ok. One package of shingles covered one side of the roof and portions of 2 adjacents sides.
This is more what it looked like from the vantage point of the person (me) doing the work. I didn't have an extension ladder and my other ladder wouldn't reach from the ground, so with helpers Emma & Evan supplying me with shingles, I crawled out on the roof, braced my feet against the branch near the roof's edge and pounded the suckers in place. And I didn't fall, which is good.
