I just did a post this morning of a photo taken in Chicago, in Millennium Park.  It was of the sculpture that everyone calls The Bean.  I titled the post and the photo - Life is Swirling All Around Us.  I said that I was in the photo but you would never know where.  So, just in case today is the day that I get the call from upstairs (because you never know)..... PS Bill collectors and any unhappy friends, clients, customers and relatives (yes Neil, that means you) - please ignore this post.  06/08/2011

Down in the basement there is something green and it isn't mould.  Oh, maybe it is so humid that grass is growing.  No, wait.  Grass doesn't usually grow upside down.  It is a piece of antiquity.  Green shag carpet!!!!  You knew that the ripped out carpet had to go somewhere and I bet you thought there was some landfill site full of shag and rakes.   Still, necessity is the mother of invention and multiple concussions at the doorway to the storage area might just have finally forced the owners to be creative and conserve the shag.  Years from now, someone will read this post and want to know where they too can get their hands on the shag.   Sorry boys and girls.  Good taste has destroyed all but these little bits and sightings of the shag are rare.  Photo credit:  Taken at a house insp... 05/31/2011

Here is why you don't build a total brick house.   Some things like window sills are just better off with other products than porous bricks.  When the big bad wolf comes he will be able to ...... Huff and Buff and Blow the Sill Down. Photo credit:  My photo taken with a Canon Poweshot A580.  05/29/2011