Up early on last day of Sept holidays

...to put another coat of black paint on the awning, and to paint the rest of the fence at the front. It looks so smart now! Of course, that unpainted bower-seat still needs painting. White, I am thinking. But I need to scour it some more first to remove bits of old red colour (from Ron's old place).

Some of the cross-beams are half-rotted but I will paint them anyway, a bit later. So here is how it looked 6 years ago, in 2019 -

and now....

Still some bits to be fixed and redefined, but on the whole, much better street appeal!