It's Labour Day here, notionally the beginning of summer and it was warm and brilliantly sunny. I had a fine afternoon with my daughters (aged
7&9 going on 17 & 19) who managed to sand and oilstain all our outdoor furniture. I just had to supervise and keep the stain spills under control. Next year (I told them) they can do it without supervision.
Meanwhile, whatever hardwood the 15 year old Adirondack chair is made of... I needed to put a brace near the back where the original screw had torn out. I used a new screw bit (tapered with the coutersink built in). Smoked and blue before I had drilled half the first hole. Oh, and my local Borg seems to no longer stock steel woodscrews so I broke a brass one. It seems that steel longthreads work acceptably as taps for brass screws, though I can't see why they should...