I met mum at the top of our driveway and noticed something new.

“Hey! The bins have our house number on them.”

Our Council provides us with a general waste bin, recycle bin and recycle tub. One of the problems we have is distinguishing our bins from our neighbours’, especially when the bins have all been dumped in a pile at the end of our court.

“Some kids came up to me on Saturday and asked if they could paint our house number on the curb of our driveway for $5,” mum explained cheerfully. “I told them that I’d give them another $5 if they put a number on our big bin too.”

“That’s a good idea!” I marvelled. “Bet they could make good business out of that.”

“Uh huh,” mum nodded. “When I came out again, not only had they painted one bin — they had painted all three bins… on all four sides!”

She spun the bin around and sure enough, the number was everywhere.

“Cool…”

“Yep.”