Roofing

This is my cousin. Yesterday we (this also includes my uncle who took this picture) were working on the roof pictured here (the picture is from a couple of years ago.) We were watching two storm fronts collide and the clouds were turning on themselves. We speculated that a tornado might form but then we let it drop and kept working trying to get done what we could before it rained. Then the wind picked up and almost blew my cousin off. I saw the wind take his hat and that it was now going to take him too so I snatched him and dragged him to the window that you can see in the picture. We put down a tarp and then took a break. It was much too windy to be on a roof. The wind passed and we finished the job. We found out this morning that a small funnel cloud had touched down a few miles away.








These four pictures are of the roof of my sister's cottage which used to belong to my grandparents. The roof is in desperate need of new shingles. I included these pictures because I wanted to give you an idea of the size of the roof and the work involved. We need to work on the other side this time. I'm desperately hoping to be unavailable but we'll probably do it the May "Two-Four" Weekend for which I'll be around for. It's a very big roof(24'x56' each side I think) and the angle we're working at is not good for the back plus the other side is not level so I don't think we'll be able to have scaffolding which would really help when hoisting up the shingles.


I'm adding this picture because you don't actually see me working in the other pictures. Here I'm the one doing the nailing.


I'm adding this one because I feel I look like an Ewok and that amuses me. I'm the one with the knee pads in case you don't know.


I call this one "Roofing at Noon". I wanted to give a rooftop perspective for those of you who have never been on a roof before.

I did this posting because I wanted to share how much I enjoy this perspective of the world. Firstly because it's always good to have an appreciation for the part of your house that keeps you warm and dry. Secondly because the world looks different from above. I'm afraid of heights so aside from some rock climbing this is my bird's eye view of the world. Plus you're not so removed from the people on the ground that you can't "share" what you see from your angle.