Ready for rain

M was able to get pretty much everything buttoned up today, getting ready for the rain. She's sick again (my fault--I had it last week) but not as bad last month, and she's powering through it.

The front porch is now ready for roofing (timing tbd, but tar paper's down); raw wood has been primed against the predicted week of rain, and the floor is ready for decking.

Don't those corbels look nice?

The top part of the pillars is ready for paint: they'll be plain, but notice the slight "craftsman" flaring? The bottom will be built up (they're missing still--see below) and larger, and straight. They'll be shingled to match the dormer above.

Once again, the color is NOT the final color--the dull yellow-y color is just the color of the siding as it comes. Even the trim around the windows and the door itself will get painted--we're thinking a gray/taupe, but haven't picked the color out yet.

Ok, rain, bring it on. The trees need it, as do the California poppy seeds I sewed last week! We hope we can move inside to electrical while the weather is wet.

Doesn't it look AMAZING?