Playhouse Update

Deb this is for you ! Thanks for asking and looking..

There was a beauty in the old shingles. 

They speak of a spring

 long  ago and glorious summer days 

filled with sunshine and childhood

laughter.

 They tell a story of a forgotten time. 

The moss that clings to the valley, ravaged by

the seasons, Shingles still there, 

somehow just an echo a memory of long ago...

they had to come off , the wood under them was in remarkably good shape.

 You can see the tin from

the old chimney. I will not be putting a working stove 

back in....just too dangerous. I will keep the tin over the new shingles for interest. It was full of lead from when my brothers decided to shoot it up..
such an insult.

Here are the heaps of old cedar...

I am dreaming up something to

do with the ones that are still sturdy.

 I have made it a contest for the kids. 

A prize for the child can guess what I am making.

 The idea took shape before I ever stripped the roof.

Can you see what I saw?

There it is in very early spring...naked...waiting

For the shingles to arrive...and here they are.

I didn't buy the best grade, so there was a lot of cull.

 I like to think the variety adds character back in. I think it would be an insult to this old building to add something too gaudy and new. A little before and after....This has been a long time coming.

The house isn't all that big, but that is one  of several very steep angles

I do have a photo of the completed...but seem to have electronically misplaced it....ahem....will add in later, when I find it in its carefully catalogued file....

Remember, comment and leave me a way to get in touch with you...the RAK is coming soon.

THE LIST

1.} SHINGLES OFF

2.} SHINGLES ON

3.} CLEAN UP AROUND...slightly tidied, hundreds of old nails to deal with

4.} INSTALL END WINDOWS...not yet, need help

5.} PAINT ATTIC....started on this yesterday, hoping to finish today, this involves

      fighting off black jacket wasps the size of footballs, 

      and stingers like hypodermic needles....and the spruce beetles 

      have hatched....not to mention spiders and June bugs...

6.} GROUT BROKEN CHINA WORK....Rhiannon did half of this yesterday. Thanks Rhi

7.} LANDSCAPE.....started

8.} INSTALL FAIRY LIGHTS AND DECORATE INSIDE
9.}  FIND THINGS FOR THE PARTY some things amassed in anticipation
10.} FINISH AND PICK RAK WINNER ALREADY !!