Random artsy shot from our back yard. This is the little bit of roof right over our back door. It's the only bit of roof left on the house that's asphalt shingle-- the main roof was always slate, and we got the bit of shingle above the garage replaced with fake slate not long after we bought the house. As a result, it collects crap in a way that the other bits don't. But it looks kind of cool and decrepit:
Pine needles and moss on the small roof over our back door.
Or maybe not. I dunno. Anyway, I noticed it, and it looked cool to me, so I took a photo.
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So, it snowed here (in Louisiana). Sure, it wasn't a lot, but it was still a big deal. The following day, there was still some snow on the house roofs. I took some pictures. Here is a shot looking at the North side of a house.
"Construction of green roofs grew 30 percent in North America last year," reports the Chicago Tribune.
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