The Tree House

Here are two shots of the tree house. This is also the tree that we're trying to protect on the west side of the property. This tree house was there when I bought the house years ago. It's a kind of strange structure and not really useful at all except that now it offers me a platform to use for taking pictures of the house.

The edge of the house will be 12 feet from the tree. I'm trying to get the contractor to help protect this tree by keeping vehicles off of the root area which reaches out at least as far as the canopy of branches. Obviously, from the size of this "protective tape" that he put around the base of the tree he doesn't understand that.

And here's one just for fun that has nothing to do with the new house.

Joe made bread and butter pickles this afternoon, and here's a picture of us with the spoils. I helped just a little, but it was mostly his project.