Puzzling Pictures 8: The View From Above

It seems only a moment ago that I was writing under the title of “Flaming June”; now we’re in the middle of September, the rain is coming down outside, and there’s been a chill in the air, even on those fine and sunny mornings earlier in the week.

I’m glad we had that spell of excellent weather: it allowed me to get on with jobs that have needed doing for some considerable time. The photo above shows a few of the items that I was using on one of those jobs. I wonder whether you can guess what I was doing, on that sunny afternoon a few months ago?

Here’s a clue: the photo is taken from above – from up a ladder, in fact.

To be continued.