After and Before

So I feel as if I have made some progress.  I have finished painting the eaves!  I divided them into four sections, and each section required scraping, then treating with mildew remover and then rinsing with a garden hose, and then a primer coat and then the finish coat.  This has been a lot of work on tall and short extension ladders.  I have also, as you can see, painted a fair amount of the siding as well.  It is nice that all the really high parts are done.  I am not afraid of being on the ladder when I am 25 feet up off the ground, at the peak, but I am shall we say "less comfortable" than I used to be up that high.  And you can see my bright orange safety rope hanging from the attic window, which I clipped myself into each time I climbed up one of the ladders.  So I have worked safely.  And the really hard parts are pretty much done, I just need to finish painting the siding.  It will be beautiful to see it all finished in bright new white paint!  Oh!  Please click on this image because it is a larger size and you can see more detail.

I thought I would include a "before" photograph so you can get a better sense of how bad it looked and how dramatically improved the new paint makes it look!  I have a deep sense of satisfaction with having done this work, seeing the newly painted parts of this side of the house.