Sultry,Sunny, and Summery

By Alternativeeden @markngaz
Sultry, Sunny, Summery - three words that perfectly sums up the feeling at the moment now that summer has finally descended upon us. After weeks and weeks of rain it's nice to have such fine weather which has long been overdue. Unusually overdue yes for I haven't seen so much rain before that went on and on and seemed neverending.

Glorious sun and blue skies! And yes noggins are now in!

But that seems a distant past already now that it feels warm outside, dry, bright, and warm enough to feel sultry. Albeit it looks like it's going to be a short spell though which started last Sunday and might be interrupted again with the predicted return of the rain next week. Nevermind, enjoy it while it lasts and you always live in hope that the interruption will be short lived (and besides, bouts of rain in between dry weather is good for the plants).

Even roof battens have to be painted, one by one, all sides, and twice too!

And with good weather it also means lots of catching up to do with the project. Suddenly we are able to do a lot of things again, especially weather dependent ones like more painting. And as an extra bonus we are able to continue doing a bit more after work (which we need to anyway as there's loads of catching up to do!).

Let there be shade! The first of the semi opaque polycarbonate roof panels are now up.

If things were more quiet it would have been a perfect week to simply just laze around and enjoy the surroundings, or do gardening and pottering which we find relaxing in their own right. But a project is a project and things needs to get done otherwise we'll never finish this.

Al fresco dining...

with Twinkles keeping me company

Saying that, I look forward to going home and getting stuck in, doing what we're doing and seeing the results just before the sun sets. And with lots of nibbles to keep us going and soft music from the radio, I just find everything so...relaxing!

Divine assistance. Our local Methodist church has lent us this very tall ladder to help us with the project. Heaven sent!

Painting, concreting, or gardening, at the moment it doesn't matter. With such fine weather, whatever we may be doing it's just nice to be outside. Wonderful!
Mark :-)