The front of the barn roof was pretty well trashed, and the back side had been roofed in 1 x stock with gaps, so after the rotted boards were replaced the entire roof was skinned in half inch plywood. Total elapsed time from ladder set-up to the last shingle? About five minutes. Anyway, two days for both roofs.

Next project falls on Matt and Chris’s shoulders. I can’t wait to send them into the basement to cut up the old oil tank.

I sat in my truck, and through the open passenger window, took photo after photo as this blue heron stood motionless. I changed lenses, snapped a few more, and then I turned off my camera and laid it in on the seat. At that moment, the heron plucked a fish from the pond, looked at me, winked, and then flapped those wings like bed sheets and flew away.