The seat beside the driveway

Do not let one good July afternoon approve a permanent object.

This is the annual vote. The same proposed screen, awning, pergola, move or planting change is held fixed while the engine re-runs the property in winter, spring, summer and autumn.

Reading point

Use

Clock hour: 5:00 PM

The hour is intentionally held constant. This isolates seasonal geometry instead of letting a different clock time flatter the proposal.

The year, in one line

Everything below is about a change. Before that, it is worth knowing what the place already does — the hours it is open, month by month, on one page you can put on a fridge.

Operating hours card

Before a permanent change gets to win

Make January, April, July and October vote on it.

These are the exact same proposed objects re-run through the engine in four seasons. A summer fix that steals winter sun cannot hide inside one July afternoon.

Same geometry · four seasons

Change	Jan	Apr	Jul	Oct	Seasons it helps	Year verdict
A drawable outdoor curtain The status improves in 3 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 1 stays No.	Works Tight → Works	Works No → Works	No No → No	Works No → Works	3 of 4	seasonal
A 6 ft 11 in panel to the west The status improves in 2 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.	Works Tight → Works	No No → No	No No → No	Works No → Works	2 of 4	seasonal
Face the seating east The status improves in 2 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.	Works Tight → Works	No No → No	No No → No	Tight No → Tight	2 of 4	seasonal
A 9 ft 10 in umbrella The status improves in 1 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.	Tight Tight → Tight	Works No → Works	No No → No	No No → No	1 of 4	seasonal
Two 8 ft 2 in parasols instead of one The status does not move in any sampled season.	Tight Tight → Tight	No No → No	No No → No	No No → No	0 of 4	weak
Sit under Deep eave The status does not move in any sampled season.	Tight Tight → Tight	No No → No	No No → No	No No → No	0 of 4	weak

What changes by season

A drawable outdoor curtain

January: Tight → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading -88.

April: No → Works; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading -88.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading -88.

October: No → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading -88.

A 6 ft 11 in panel to the west

January: Tight → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading -92.

April: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

October: No → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading -92.

Face the seating east

January: Tight → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading +0.

April: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

October: No → Tight; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

A 9 ft 10 in umbrella

January: Tight → Tight; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

April: No → Works; no controlling failure remains; direct-sun reading -93.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading -93.

October: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

Two 8 ft 2 in parasols instead of one

January: Tight → Tight; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

April: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

October: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

Sit under Deep eave

January: Tight → Tight; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

April: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

July: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is what it feels like; direct-sun reading +0.

October: No → No; after the change the controlling issue is glare; direct-sun reading +0.

Draw this change

The same change, four times a year

A drawable outdoor curtain, drawn at 5:00 PM on the four days the vote reads. The top row is the place as it is; the bottom row has the change in it.

To scale · to the measurements given

The drawings, in a table

A drawable outdoor curtain, as the place is and with the change, at 5:00 PM on four days.
Day	Sun	As it is	With the change	Hours
15 January	7° up, SW	Tight	Works	Not claimed
15 April	24° up, W	No	Works	Not claimed
15 July	31° up, W	No	No	Not claimed
15 October	10° up, W	No	Works	Not claimed

The year as it is

Works
Tight
No
Unanswered

Rings run from 7 am at the centre to 9 pm at the edge. Schematic: A shape of the facts, not a picture of a particular date or a measured outline. Each month is its 15th, not a promise about the other days.

The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.

December to January: open 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
February to April: open 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
May: open 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
June to September: open 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. What it feels like is what closes it.
October to November: open 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.

What it feels like sets the shape of the year here — it is what ends the day in 12 months of twelve. Change that one thing and the card is rewritten.

The same year as a table

Month	Open	Usable hours	What decides it
January 15	11:00 AM–7:00 PM	8 h	What it feels like closes it
February 15	10:00 AM–3:00 PM	5 h	What it feels like closes it
March 15	9:00 AM–3:00 PM	6 h	What it feels like closes it
April 15	9:00 AM–3:00 PM	6 h	What it feels like closes it
May 15	9:00 AM–12:00 PM	3 h	What it feels like closes it
June 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
July 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
August 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
September 15	9:00 AM–11:00 AM	2 h	What it feels like closes it
October 15	9:00 AM–2:00 PM	5 h	What it feels like closes it
November 15	9:00 AM–2:00 PM	5 h	What it feels like closes it
December 15	11:00 AM–6:00 PM	7 h	What it feels like closes it

The year with a drawable outdoor curtain

Works
Tight
No
Unanswered

The bench in the shade is open for reading for an hour 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, June to September. It opens at different hours December to January, February to April, May and October to November.

December to January: open 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
February to April: open 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
May: open 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.
June to September: open 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. What it feels like is what closes it.
October to November: open 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.

What it feels like sets the shape of the year here — it is what ends the day in 12 months of twelve. Change that one thing and the card is rewritten.

The same year as a table

Month	Open	Usable hours	What decides it
January 15	11:00 AM–7:00 PM	8 h	What it feels like closes it
February 15	10:00 AM–3:00 PM	5 h	What it feels like closes it
March 15	9:00 AM–3:00 PM	6 h	What it feels like closes it
April 15	9:00 AM–3:00 PM	6 h	What it feels like closes it
May 15	9:00 AM–12:00 PM	3 h	What it feels like closes it
June 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
July 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
August 15	9:00 AM–10:00 AM	1 h	What it feels like closes it
September 15	9:00 AM–11:00 AM	2 h	What it feels like closes it
October 15	9:00 AM–2:00 PM	5 h	What it feels like closes it
November 15	10:00 AM–2:00 PM	4 h	What it feels like closes it
December 15	11:00 AM–6:00 PM	7 h	What it feels like closes it

Annual shortlist

6 exact proposals re-tested

A drawable outdoor curtain

seasonal

The status improves in 3 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 1 stays No.

January: Tight → Works · April: No → Works · July: No → No · October: No → Works

A 6 ft 11 in panel to the west

seasonal

The status improves in 2 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.

January: Tight → Works · April: No → No · July: No → No · October: No → Works

Face the seating east

seasonal

The status improves in 2 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.

January: Tight → Works · April: No → No · July: No → No · October: No → Tight

A 9 ft 10 in umbrella

seasonal

The status improves in 1 of 4 seasons and does not get worse in the rest. 2 stay No.

January: Tight → Tight · April: No → Works · July: No → No · October: No → No

Two 8 ft 2 in parasols instead of one

weak

The status does not move in any sampled season.

January: Tight → Tight · April: No → No · July: No → No · October: No → No

Sit under Deep eave

weak

The status does not move in any sampled season.

January: Tight → Tight · April: No → No · July: No → No · October: No → No