How a treehouse is tied to a tree

Ours are not nailed or bolted into the figs. Each sits on a frame of its own, carried on posts and tied to the tree with rope that is loosened every year, so the tree keeps growing and the house moves with it in the wind. It is why the Crow's Nest sways a little in the monsoon. Guests either love that or take the Fern.

Written from the verandah, with a cup of chai going cold.