The eternal roof....

More (slow) progress on the roof sheathing. All the big pieces are in place, so I can put the final rafter in place; several smaller pieces to be sized and cut.

For perspective, here's a picture of the whole cabin, way back in late September. (In current pictures, there are so many tarps on it that you'd think it was a giant tent!). Geez, it looks like all it needs is a roof. Henry David built his whole cabin in 3 months, and I haven't even gotten a roof done in that period!! :-(

I'm getting to the point where I have to decide just what to roof it with. Metal? Shingles? The good thing about shingles is that one of the neighbors has offered to do it for me. He's a builder, so he actually knows what he is doing. All he asks is that I help him(!) Mighty neighborly!!!

Testing the mettle

Yesterday was a good test to see if I could continue working through the winter. It was biting as I left the house at 7:30 to take the boy out to Poolesville for a magnet program test. 21 degrees. I figured that if it warmed up enough I would stop by on the way home and put up more sheathing on the roof. But it warmed up only a couple of degrees by the time I got close to home.

Maybe Starbucks would help? A half hour or so of fortification and I was ready to go. Only 24 degrees, but with the sun shining it really wasn't bad. I am prepared for whatever comes.

More sheathing. I can see that perhaps the roof will be completed.


Later in the day I went back to the cabin for a short while. A light snow was falling, and the roof was not yet on. A missed goal. :-(
But it was beautiful! :-)