Paint Resistant Paint

This morning we've been painting the undercoats in the kitchen. Because the new paint is very nearly white (it's called 'Timeless', which leads to questions about marketing teams choosing paint colours), then we're undercoating with pure white (watered down, first, on the new plaster).

The new plaster is straightforward; less so, the old (slightly yellow?) paint. I think it must be something oil based, or 'kitchen' paint, but it's from the '70s, so I have no idea. However, it is stubbornly resisting attempts to cover it, so at least one more coat is going to be called for.

Thus, progress has been a little slow, but everything is now white(-ish), and we also managed to plant some more bulbs.

Unfortunately, Merry is still declining, and is falling over and sleeping (in quite odd places) rather frequently. She's still eating and purring, though, and seems comfortable enough. [The odd places: she appears to believe that she is a door stop or draught excluder, at present.]