I’ve got loads of projects to do before summer ends and I doubt I’ll be able to do them all. I owe some shelving and a bench to other people, and I owe a new roof to the wood itself. The trouble with that is that wood for the roof and metal for the roof both cost money I’m not especially eager to spend, really.

But spend it I must, before it begins to snow. That wood shouldn’t have wet resting on it for another winter, it’s too valuable both as a material, and as my chief hobby, for that. That wood was an investment in my future in a lot of ways; the future of this house, the future of my skills, the futuure of roby’s bedroom, and a whole lot else besides. 

So far an acceptable amount has gone to rot. By my estimation it’s nothing that wouldn’t have ultimately gone bad even under as good conditions as I could manage, some of those boards just had punk to them, they were destined to the fire, and had been for a good long while.