A fresh coat of paint, this time with little cat prints

Here's why blogging of late has been a little...uninspired:

painting

Mingus plans his next paw print

We're busy with all those projects that are acquired with an old house.  This weekend we are painting the kitchen and dining room.  To the extent that Mingus the Cat will let us.

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Beautiful Alex just just beautiful Mingus on the job as usual supervising

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And Alex standing by, "documenting"?

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Not using painters tape for the corners and cabinet sides?

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Brisbane Airport set a winter temperature record of 33.7C yesterday while the usually hot Birdsville in the state's far west had a balmy 22.8C.

The odd recordings were courtesy of a northwest wind carrying hot air from central Australia

Great weather for fire ants, hey

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