"Just got two new trash barrels. Things can get awfully windy in my area, so the first thing a new barrel gets is the house number spray-painted on it. Otherwise, you'll never see your barrel again if it blows down the road and into the wrong yard.

As luck would have it, the can nozzle broke as I was painting and completely covered my hand in a shade of dark green. To make matters worse, it looks like the better half used all of the paint thinner while working on that last project of hers. So for the time being, my hand will remain dark green.

I always discard my foreshots. Many people have recommended that I save at least some. I guess I just had to learn the hard way.

I tried some of that neutral I put up a few weeks ago. No go -- the paint all but laughed at it. At 40% I was just being hopeful. But that gentle neutral aroma sure gave me a terrible thirst!

--JB"