With the arrival of spring, came the return to work on the Ithaca treehouse site. After a winter spent traveling the woods and mountains of New York’s north country, it was good to see buds on the willow and my friends in the rolling hills of the Finger Lakes region.

With the return of warm air and sunshine to Central New York, the willow tree and work on the Ithaca treehouse gets going once more.

At the family’s request, we altered the original construction timetable to push completion back to spring 2010. Like a lot of folks, the family at the Ithaca site needed to shift its attention to other demands for a while, and we were happy to work with them and rework the schedule for one of my favorite projects.

Still, in between time on a few other projects this year for confidential clients, I plan to get back to Ithaca and push this effort forward. With some careful planning, we should have all the walls done and ready to raise by season’s end. This way, once the winter breaks in March 2010, we won’t be far away from ol’ block-and-tackle time.

Of course, the only danger is the extra time will give me some room to come up with a few new ideas for this project. I’ve been thinking at least one skylight, and maybe solar power …