I wavered for a while this morning, thinking I would use oil paint instead of latex and acrylic top coat, but calls to Buchheit and ACE made up my mind because neither sells oil base paint that can be tinted. Oil is almost phased out,  but I’d hoped they’d have some low VOC version. They […]

On Friday night, I fell asleep in front of Netflix, and woke up at 2200h. Instead of having the good sense to shower and get in bed, I took the hardware off my desk and cleaned it with strong ammonia and hot water. I’d wiped it down when we moved here,  but just cleanser, so […]

The caladium bulbs I got at Buchheit weren’t individually labeled, but on Friday,  I remembered to take a photo. Red Flash is the sun-tolerant one; Pink Beauty and Freida Hemple are regular shade-lovers. I got to the flutter-guy bushes before they even had tags on them. Two Royal Red, and one Black Knight. I went […]