It is hard to get the color of the new siding on the cottage right with the lengthening of shadows as our sun heads further to the south. Of course the sun doesn't head south, just that the earth tilts north. Anyways, we are in the throes of a major refit, face lift, repair/remediation. The sky is robin egg blue, the days are warm and sunny, there is ever so slightly a breeze. 

The color of the siding is best seen on the West side, near the pump and fireplace. I like the color, the board and batten design, and the unevenness to the texture of  the surface.  The white of the windows, the white of the overhang (soffits) gives enough contrast.

 
The sun porch had wood rot along the northeast corner, necessitating removal and rebuilding the corner. The windows will be slightly different in the bottom with the center post gone and just one piece of glass. Otherwise the appearance of the sun porch will be the same. Here Bud is framed, working on the sun porch frame. 

The weather has been spectacular, even better than the summer. I haven't removed the hydrolube from the underwater gear of Bounty's engine, almost tempted to put her back into the water, ala "paddle to the sea".

The front windows are covered with plastic as they are leaking more now, which was especially evident when the remnants of Hurricane Ike came through the Bruce Peninsula. 

The front deck is without railings and it feels like one step into the air off the deck. 

The day is done for the workers, and off they go for their weekend plans. 

Kathy and I will remain here for the weekend, but we may not remain for the following week as it really is a mess here and hard to move around: always just making do. We do enjoy the weather though. So if the weather remains as gorgeous as it has been so far, and the trees are turning their reds, yellows and browns, we may stay a bit longer. We have a football game next weekend: Iowa and Homecoming, so we'll be back by October 4th. After that, who knows if we will come back anymore this fall. We shall see what we shall see.