Still Running Off at the Keyboard

WHAT DO YOU DO ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND WHEN GAS COSTS $3/GAL ?

You stay at home and trim the shrubs and stain the deck.

And when the weekend is over you have this satisfying feeling that something has been accomplished.

Now, if I could just get my eyes to stop wandering to the side and back of one of the poles that hold up the swing in the backyard--the one that has two sides covered in the new stain color and two sides covered with the faded stain that was being replaced. We needed about a cup more stain and couldn't justify a trip to the store and $25+ for another gallon just to paint those two sides of the pole. So they remain stainless.