On Wednesday night the sky was clear enough for the first time in days to see the rising moon.
Leah called my lazy rear end out to get this shot. It’s only so-so. It was handheld, so it’s not really sharp enough to stand up to much enlargement. It was really pretty in person.
And the roof? That’s the new roof on our house.
The weather was pretty good for the last few weeks, but rain was expected during the early hours of Monday (October 26). The roofing material wasn’t delivered until late last week. Fortunately, the roofer came out Saturday with about an hour of daylight left and got the roofing felt up. Then he came and shingled all day Sunday, so by the time the rain started we had a roof. The framing contractor, who provided the roofer as well, said he doesn’t like to ask anyone to work on the weekend, but in this case he made an exception. We’re glad he did. At least the roofer got Monday and Tuesday off anyway, since it rained pretty much the entire two days.
Most of our siding material was delivered earlier last week, but there was still a little bit left. This came on Monday.
This is the fish scale or half-round shingle material that will go on the porch gable. It will be painted white (as of now) to contrast with the dark green (as of now) color of the siding. I think siding will probably start today (Thursday Oct. 29) or Friday, assuming no more rain.
That’s a great moon shot! We had rain (yay!!!) on the night of the full moon, so no pretty pictures. We loved the inch of rain we got, so we didn’t mind missing this.
Nice that the roofers came out to work on the weekend. The house is really coming along so well. Great progress. What’s your time frame for moving in?
Very good – to have a roof on means so many things can now be done regardless of weather. Unfortunately so many things remain to be done, all on the inside.
You’re actually ahead of us – I don’t think our roof got put on until late November (Bush I was invading Kuwait). We were able to move in in April, 1992, I think.
We actually had to put our collective feet down to get things completed – the contractor had let things slide and we were too patient.
Now it’s 23 years later.
Your mostly-full moon shot is better (by far) than anything I’ve ever been able to get (but my lazy ass is too lazy to get out the tripod).
Robin — I’m not sure when the move-in will be. Not this month, for sure. Maybe next month, but it depends on a lot of things, some of which are out of my control.
Wayne — I was a little surprised when I figured how much more money we’re going to need to finish. The list seems to go on forever.
Scott — A tripod would have helped, mainly because I zoomed in so much. The exposure was pretty short; I let the camera use the flash and hoped it would be short enough to get a decent exposure for the moon. I remember reading many years ago, back in the day of film, that the exposure for the moon is the same as for any object in full sunlight, since that’s exactly what it is.