Painting and Party

Painting the kitchen went well. My friend showed up at noon Friday with soup and a plan. She didn’t think I had blocked enough areas with making tape so we did that first. Then we spent the next few hours trading brush and roller until we completed the first coat. The biggest area was the ceiling which we did mainly with the roller. The rest of the room required careful work around the counters and cabinets. It is a very pale shade of yellow now. It is not a big difference from the old off-white, but looks fresh and clean.
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Sunrise

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Living as we do at one end of a valley which runs east to west, the apparent movement of the sunrise along the horizon is very evident. At the time of year, the sunrise is centered between the ridge to the north of the valley and the ridge on the south side of the valley.