Bruce MacDonald<p>Certain tools, simple as they may be, spell, for me, the difference between success and failure.</p><p>• Extension ladder stabilizer (those longhorn-looking things you attach to the top; without 'em a wobbly ladder is terrifying);</p><p>• Telescoping tree pruner, with the saw removed and a rake attached;</p><p>• Duct tape.</p><p>Doesn't have to look good or be particularly robust. It's just Good Enough™.</p><p>That roof is 12x12 pitch and yet it catches white pine needles in the valley.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TooOld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TooOld</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FallCleanup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FallCleanup</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WhitePine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhitePine</span></a></p>