Progress was slow after the last (ha) wall went up in April. Early spring there were challenges getting there, especially with material I needed to continue. But by late June, early July some progress was visible. After it was warm enough for adhesive the subfloor of the porch was set down. And a little bit of the decking that would go in front of the porch. Some of the wall sheathing that needed to be filled in was, and then the top plates of the walls went on.
By way of explanation, a wall is framed with 2 x material (in our case 2X6s) with a bottom plate (a horizontal 2X whatever) , vertical studs, a plate on top of the studs, and then another plate on top of that. The top plate adds rigidity and ties walls together.
In the case of the cabin I extended both plates on the top of the wall past the front wall. The cabin would have a roof that extends four feet out over the deck. I needed to figure out how to give that as much structure as possible, as this isn't engineered and I had no idea of what the loads of the roof would be. So the plates extend out four feet, and then back as far as possible on the main wall, in order to carry any load. Now, as you will eventually see I added 6X6 posts on the corners so these cantilevered plates are not the only thing carrying the roof over the deck.
Next up was the walls of the porch. Fairly simple, the front and back wall were built on the floor and then raised into place. Because they are small it was only a two person job to raise them into place, one to lift the other to brace it in place once it was all plumb (straight up and down). In retrospect I should have extended the sheathing from the front of the cabin onto the front of the porch as it would have tied them together better, but, I didn't. So there.
The last wall was built in place as there was no space to build it on the floor. Not a big deal but at times it can be a little fiddly when you're working on it alone. So we now had a porch. Albeit one without a roof yet, but a porch nonetheless. Nothing had a roof yet.
That done, it was time to start thinking about the joists for the roof(s). And to enjoy the glorious summer days.