The Pip's roof blew off!

It's no secret that up until now Northland is having the most horrible summer on record. It's barely stopped raining and we've had a lot of strong winds as well. Not ideal summer weather. On Saturday last week I was walking past the Pip with friends and said "that roof is going to need redone very soon" The felting stuff was all worn - it most certainly wasn't made to withstand New Zealand's UV rays!
Well, the very next morning we got up and I noticed that during the night the roof felt had blown off. The roof is only made of very thin tongue and groove and is most definitely not waterproof. My sewing machines are in there and all my fabric!!

 So we braved the wind and rain ( it's very hot and humid though) and set about nailing it back on. It was an incredibly temporary measure.
Thankfully we have a friend who is a roofer - how lucky is that! He came over today and put a new roof on - to say I love it is an understatement! It makes it look much more solid and like a real house!
A very dirty real house - the new roof is just what I need to spur me on to give it a right good clean!

Thank you, Craig!

And finally the sun has come out - it feels like it's here to stay for a few days, at least. I hope so, as tomorrow we're off on a dive trip. I'm going to dive the Rainbow Warrior! Exciting stuff.