The roof came off at both ends of the house. It rained. Then it rained some more. It kept raining. Canberra had two inches of rain in less than two days, which is more rain than we have had in total since last December. Did I say the roof was off? There were tarpaulins to keep the rain out, so we weren't too worried until some of the light fittings started to flicker, and then to buzz and pop. It was around then I had a closer look at the shelves were the cds and good art books were (and where my best comics had been until a couple of days earlier). Casualties: Byrds and Robert Johnston box sets; Ralph Steadman's "I, Leonardo"; a David Hockney book of photo collages; a book on Piranesi. Before it stopped raining we had water coming into four separate rooms in the house, and lost the use of a number of lights and power points.
But everything's fine now, There are new brick walls up; roof trusses up; formwork happening (like I know what I'm talking about); and only a matter of a couple of weeks (perhaps) until lock-up. Which sounds good until we realise that that is when we will be losing the kitchen and laundry for a while.
