Above and beyond -- and done

Javier, our roofer, finished his magic on our tin this week, and I'll miss his great spirit and artful work.

His boss, the venerable Dan Acevedo, wasn't the first to observe, "That is one cut-up roof," when he inspected the job this week.

Cut up, indeed:

▪ Five dormers on the new gable roof.
▪ Two gables for den and bedroom, one with a hip joint to the old roof.
▪ The high-pitched old roof itself -- a 9-12 in roofer terms, numbers guaranteed to numb your ankles and distract your traction.
▪ The hips on the porch.
▪ Three (or was it four?) crickets, which are basically ramps to carry water off quickly where roofs join.

As a final filip, Javi cut a little dragon tail into the end of each ridge cap. They remind me of the corners of a smile.