Day: May 13, 2020

I have mentioned a few times that I have this kind of slow-moving “treehouse” project. For a long time, I had settled on a location up the hillside near the southern boundary of lot 73. However, over the past winter I came to realize that siting it there was perhaps one reason why I worked on it so little. And in any event, I like the idea of a treehouse near the water.
So I made the decision to move the treehouse location to a set of trees down near the northeast corner of lot 73, near the tide line. There are two Sitka Spruce there that I think will work well.
And I have been working on it.
I set up a kind of “guide beam” between the two trees today.


This beam is not part of the eventual structure. It’s merely something to use to make sure I’m at the same level on both trees, as I attach the main supports. And it’ll be something to lean against or hoist things up with.
I am making use of a pair of 4″x12″x8′ beams left over from the construction of Arthur’s dock many years ago. They are treated to be rot resistant, and quite hefty. I am unable to lift one of them, but I dragged them along the ground down to the treehouse site. I’ll have to work out some kind of pulley arrangement when I’m ready to lift them into place. I am installing attachment loops on them currently. One down, three to go.

I also saw a red bug enjoying a rock.