Steeling ourselves for Wednesday

The weather forecast for Thursday and Friday turned out to be overly pessimistic (for a pleasant change); at any rate, while there was wind and rain, we were spared the worst of it, and Andy and Mike were able to make excellent progress on the gable. Here's how it was looking by lunchtime on Thursday. 

With the RSJs due to arrive this Wednesday, they spent much of Friday afternoon preparing the ceilings upstairs – the massive steel beams will be craned in through a hole in the roof and carefully rolled into position, and the ceilings below need to be propped up, just in case of mishaps.  

Our bedroom and the bathroom will be left until first thing on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, we're managing not to trip up over the props on the landing – so far!

Yesterday – the first day of March – was a glorious day.  In meteorological terms, it was the first day of spring, and it could hardly have been more promising.  So I got out there with the camera to get a picture of how the gable is shaping up.

It's looking good, don't you think? And behold – blue sky!  I was supposed to be sorting through yet more boxes, but it was just too nice to go straight back in. And the bumble-bees thought the same.