Why not change everything?

I popped my head up into the attic in order to take the next step in the damage assessment process. I could see no branches coming through the roof, no daylight, no water streaming in. All good signs. Tomorrow I hope to ascend to the roof and start removing the interloping tree top. 

I was looking out the sliding screen door at the rain this evening and apparently disturbed the resident black bear slinking noiselessly across the overgrown yard and vanishing into the trees. I'll miss that part of this place when I move from here. The possibility is becoming more real by the hour.