I’m posting the link below for no reason other than that it made me smile. And, for you Wilco fans out there (there are plenty here in the studio), it includes the following Wilco song from a Polaroid commercial that never aired. Enjoy.

Photoshelter: Ten Songs About Photographs

(photo via NubbyTwiglet)

I’m a big fan of cool shoes. (I define “cool” as my taste.) Here’s something that caught my eye on The Cool Hunter.

I really like the idea of taking something old and making it new again. All of these shoes are pretty cool… But my favorites have to be low tops inspired by 1960’s comic book drawings. Who doesn’t want Lichtenstein feet?

The language may be tricky for you to read, but the photos are just right.

Check out all the shoes photos here at Kenlu.net.

Some people have screen savers of their kids. I have pictures of a little pond. About a year and a half ago, I started working on my Significant Other to help me create our own private “water feature.” With very little prodding, he signed on for the project.

We spent the winter doing our homework, reading books and surfing the net, determining what plants could thrive in the summer and survive in the winter. We spent early spring agonizing over the myriad choices for mechanical equipment – pump, filtration, UV lighting, etc.

In April, when the ground finally thawed, we were ready to start. We painted an outline in the grass early one morning and starting digging. I wanted to rent a backhoe, but my brother, a professional landscaper, assured me that we could do it by hand. “No big deal,” he said. “You can do it in a day.”

Believe it or not, he was mostly right. By about 5:00 that afternoon, we had roughed in a 2-foot deep pond spanning about 10’ X 15’ in diameter. The next day, we dug one end a little deeper, cut a ledge around the perimeter for the shallow water plants, laid the liner and built a waterfall. The next weekend, we wired all the equipment and filled the pond. We went aquatics shopping the following weekend, bringing the pond to life with fish and vegetation. Soon after, frogs moved in. Lots of frogs, as well as birds and butterflies.

The pond and the surrounding landscape have been an incredibly rewarding project. We have created a living, ever-changing natural habitat that rewards us with a profusion of color, light and motion. A work in progress, the pond matures and evolves with each changing season. It is a source of exercise, a place for reflection and constant reminder of what can be done if you have patience, imagination and a man with a shovel.

See our very own Bradley Rochford’s beautiful Trek Madone bike photos featured in this year’s Communication Arts Photography Annual. We’re so proud of our boy.

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See Communication Arts for details.