Michael enjoyed working on the rain-barn with the whole crew a week ago. Here he's taking the level down to his father.
Early in the week, I climbed up on the platform to take some pictures of the various views. One of the best was of the roof framing before the rest of the panels went on.	This is the view of the SW meadow and its two brushpiles from the observation platform that is 8 feet up. Right now it has no edge or rail.
We got the rest of the roof panels on (all three of us) and Richard got the gutters on, but not the ridge-cap...it was too windy and damp later in the week to crawl out onto the slippery metal roof and attach the ridge-cap. But this is how it will look--only that one "ear" of the last panel that's not quite screwed down right, and the ridge-cap, will be on. The observation platform to the left is a lovely place...I may spend the night up there after we get an edging on so I can't roll off... <G>
This kestrel almost always spirals up into the sun...and for once I got a picture. This is hand-held with the zoom lens.	This time, I got a recognizable picture of him perched in a dead hackberry and looking at me--right before he took off. This is with the fixed-length 300 mm, using a monopod to steady the camera. It helps!
The flowers on this elbow-bush were just opening when the ice storm hit.
Here a kidneywood is frosted in ice.	Grass encased in ice--it was also moving a little in the light breeze, so in the minimal light, hard to photograph.
Frosting the creek woods....the fields and the woods are both frosted with ice.

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