Day 15: Whitening the roof

Two new builders come & put up an awning in the kiddies' room to-be. D & I help by pulling on ropes. They set to staining the roof boards and beams with a brilliant white protective stain. Thought we had asked for off-white, but the brilliant white looks good and will lighten the room. We leave them at it.

When we get home, the beams are gone from the side of the house (all but a few rough cut timbers) and are sheltering whitely under the awning, which is gushing jets, showers, rivers of rain. D poses under for the photo, snug in his red coat. (You will have to wait until next week to see the photo - W is in Vienna with the pcmcia flash card carrier.)

-- Miriam.