Autumn has also come to "Riverbend". With its cool nights and foggy mornings, it's not my favourite season, but the days are still sunny and warm and perfect for some energetic work.
And plenty of energy will be needed to frame up the new verandah with those heavy 150x75 and 150x50 beams, before the time-consuming work of laying the Merbau decking begins, one countersunk screw at a time.
Time for a last-minute breather under one of the rapidly leaf-shedding trees before I force my also rapidly muscle-shedding body into action.
