I just remembered a guy that lives around here that the kids and I refer to as "The Rockman". This guys whole lot is covered with different colored fields of stone...there's a piece of driftwood here and there and an occaisional plant but the whole thing is rocks. This is in the middle of those "putting green" lawns and perfectly coifed bushes...he must drive his neighbors nuts. I seriously thought about contacting Apple computers when they were doing their "Think Different" campaign and telling them about this guy...imagine them laying out the Apple logo in stones on his front "Lawn" and then doing an aerial shot.

We nearly freaked last year when we saw that the house had been sold and the new owner was having the rocks scooped up and was putting in grass.

Fortunately...it seems that the fella just downsized to a smaller house a couple of blocks away...soon we drove past his new house and when we saw the vast expanses of red and white stone we realized that the Rockman had returned. And there was much rejoicing!

Best

AA