this is a special notice: entries this month will be mostly in hues of blues and greens in support of julian, who is going through a difficult time. he wanted ultramarine entries, but since we can't quite agree on what colour ultramarine is (von informs me that ultramarine is a bright intense blue, no green involved, but i'm sure julian said green comes into it) i shall keep using various kinds of green-blues and blue-greens until i hit on the colour (which may or may not be what the rest of the world calls ultramarine) that julian desires.