Painting I
Painting is fun because the effects/ impact can be very striking. This is even true of sloppy paintwork, for which no reader should try to compete with the author. I thought about including "rules" in the blog, for fun and warning(s). If I had, rule #1 would have been- Don't  try to copy or reenact any events depicted within this blog- my mistakes are very ugly! One time I carefully laid out a single layer of sheets on the floor of our first basement to prepare to paint the walls. I then whirled like a dervish and kicked the open gallon paint can- Jackson Pollack style. My quick wit led to the conclusion that the floor could be painted first after all! I was painting in an actually rational process of high-middle-low, as in ceiling first then walls, etc. The sheet which had acquired the most paint was transformed into a new painting tool I dubbed "The Swab". Amazing how quick it is to paint a floor when you throw a gallon down! Even on small paint jobs I am so prone to spills that I sometimes drape a drop-cloth over my whole person like a giant bib as I paint a small object by hand.