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.
