I finally have a roof, which has been a problem for some time, as it was often too rainy to work on the roof (unfortunate, because I would have appreciated having one just then), and there was also the problem of getting down from the roof once it was finished, since I was getting up to it through the ceiling, and my ladder is only 8′ tall. The solution: a new 16′ ladder made of 2x4s:

Things continue to go slowly, partly because of the rain, but it’s coming along.