The bathroom renovation began yesterday. Now the room is a shell of its former self, but like a museum piece with its lathe and plaster walls. The rotting floor joists have been replaced. The discard pile is increasing – even all that rimu panelling which it isn’t practical to save, sadly.

Meantime, Felix is pretty much unperturbed by the noise made by the builders.

Here’s a nostalgic look at what the bathroom looked like.