Getting the rafters up by lunch and finishing rafter ties.
My job: Nailing Hurricane clips to the rafters. Because I got scared of the Nail GUN! I like the old fashion way anyways.
Showing the hip and valley of the rafters moving up and down in the 2x4 beam. 
Enjoying the form of the roof taking shape like the waves in the sea. 
I could not get over this view.
This is Jason, he was standing in this position often.
Sarah and I started on the prelins (?word and spelling)
For the last two days I have been working with Jason (Gulf Coast Community Design Studio) and Andy (a fellow minnesotan) at the Red House in John Henry Beck Park. From the start I was toenailing rafters, nailing without the use of the 'nailgun' (which by the way scared me today as I was able to shoot double time... too fast for me) and soon fearlessly climbing around to take measurements or nail. Whats fun about construction is the complete satisfaction of accomplishing a task, learning at every moment and getting better at it. I like this, like it a lot.
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