So there it is. After weeks of waiting---will it rain today or wont it---the new roof has made it. Hard to see but it IS there.
The whole job took 7 hours. We are very impressed. Now we are secure, dry, and with 2 whirley birds to keep us even cooler.
The solar hot water system is too big for a small family---we produce too much hot water---imagine that, so Murray(!) is replacing the ppanels with smaller ones. He said we should have more baths, but what about saving water?