Construction Day 50 is “celebrated” on Thursday 28 August, with the fits thick layer of frost on the new roof (I think I’ve mentioned that the 2014 Winter has been a relatively minor one in the Reikorangi Valley?)
(Above): Anyway, the hard white stuff encrusted the roof pretty well overnight and the welcome early morning sun had already melted half of it (see yellow arrow) clear where there was no protection from the shadows of the tree.
You can see the cream-coloured filler patches where nails etc on the green Karaka fascias were plugged. I will have to wait until the melting frost drips stop dripping before I can down and final-coat paint the boards as planned. After that the builders can put up the gutters to finish off the job.
The Gibbers have arrived today. Two sturdy guys who will skim all the internal walls and ceiling. They are quite evidently “new” to the site, and the one guy was wearing a most unfashionable bright yellow beanie. To make their presence understood, Benny and Sophie gave them a really good barking-to while totally ignoring the “usual” faces. Because the barking exceeded even what a farmer would expect from his working dogs, I gave them a good talking-to, but they continued to give the gibbers a good barking-to. I was left with no other option but to pull out the big stick :
(Above): Showing Benny and Sophie the “big stick” , which is a single sheet of foolscap paper, folder into 3 (a DL envelope size). I understand that the pen is mightier than the sword and psychologically a piece of paper may be more intimidating than a stick. I can confirm that it works like a charm. It instils respect into barking dogs.
(Above): Sophie (left) and Benny (right, naturally) continue to eyeball the gibbers, just without all the warning theatrics, after being shown the foolscap paper. Much like the Yellow Card in football, I expect.
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