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I'll post some pics as soon as I get the railings up and some paint on it,but anyhow,today my son and I put up a viewing platform so I can sit up there and watch my birds fly.It is 17 feet up in the air  so the houses don't block my view.I tried it out tonight and that is quite something being up there when the birds are flying low AND when they're up high.
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Kelly... Iam looking forward to see some photos of your platfrom. Way back in the far cornors of my mind I too had an idea to built something like that, but on the roof of my loft. You just may have sparked me to continue with it. Thanks buddy....
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Sounds pretty nice kelly. Especially since i've got 2 birds that like to line out about a mile away and do their stuff for whomever. They don't always do it, but more than once is too much. I've got full grown oak & maple trees nearly surrounding the yard. I suppose I could go to the house roof or jump in the car, but after about 10 or 15 minutes I hear their wings whistling in for a landing. Not being to fond of heights, i'll just be content to see what I can. Once I saw an ad for a parachute. 1 parachute forsale...cheap...slightly stained, never been opened...but passed that one up... 
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Joe,yeah that is another thing I will try before the Geritol years set in,,,paragliding off a hilltop with a kit of ORs or BRs trained to a mobile box.I'll get some pics up soon.
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Still working on the railings and have to paint it but this is some of the view from my platform.
From top right clockwise of this garden pic,,raspberries,corn,onions,garlic,grapes,spuds,basil,cukes,squash,cabbage,cauliflower,
broccoli,dahlias,tomatoes in the greenhouse,rhubarb,,,,,,,,,,,,
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I think the platform is neat and the idea of paragliding I like also BUT what happens when you get all involved with what the birds are doing and you think you can do that to?? I can just see ya folding up your wings and free falling then hit the breaks just 20 feet off the ground and hopfully try it again. Ya better get a good safety net in case you try to out do the birds. Larry
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Kelly.....Great looken view.
Looks like I gotta get my ass in gear..lol So far my platform is just a picture in my mind....
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Great view Kelly! How come no water melon in the garden????? LOL
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Hard to grow melons in this coastal climate.With time I'll get some kiwi fruit vine growing on the tower legs.
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