It seems this week is all about the past...

or at least I keep wandering into things that I've already posted about...

remember this post - http://lpfleamarket.blogspot.com/2008/08/meandering-around.html where I told you about the mangenta shotgun house... If you don't want to click the link, don't bother, here's the pic...

Well, I turned a corner and there it was, repainted. I had mentioned before that I had seen it, and that it had been painted gray and quite frankly I'd lost all interest in it, but I took a pic anyway...

And then, of course, there was the beer can garden. Here's the link to the post... http://lpfleamarket.blogspot.com/2008/06/beer-can-garden.html Basically, it was cool, then the city made him take most of it down and it wasn't cool, and now the beer can garden has started to come back... Guess you can't keep a folk artist down...

What really crawls up my nose and annoys me is that the city decided that this gentleman had to take the cans down origionally. I understand that he had to remove all the cans that were on the outside of the fence, because that's considered city property, even though the city doesn't mow or maintain it... because it might impede foot traffic. Of course, you will notice, there's no sidewalks, so I don't really know what they're talking about... I think they were just making stuff up.)

Anyway, this was bothering the city, but within 1 block of this house, there is a house with about 50 coops in the back yard where the residents are keeping fighting roosters. Trust me, I was there at 6:30 AM. I heard them, and I saw them... There's about 3 more little fighting cock farms within 3 blocks... nobody needs an alarm clock in this neighborhood.

So, this gentleman can't decorate his home as he sees fit, but other residents can raise illegal animals... not to mention the fact that a large number of birds in those small yards might concievably be a health hazzard...

Regardless, before I go off on a rampage, I saw something else today that I found supremely annoying... I was at a Wal-mart, when I ran into a bag of mulch. Hardly surprising, it's the gardening time of year, right?

Well, this Mulch said, "NEVER MULCH AGAIN!"

Turns out, that this is fake, artificial mulch. Made from chunks of rubber that has been painted brown. So, I'm supposed to spread this stuff on my flower beds? You're kidding right? And my favorite package blurb... "100% recycled rubber!" Oh, so it's good for the enviornment! I see! I about had a sputtering, hissing, conniption fit, right there...

Why do I go into Wal-Mart? You'd think I'd have learned by now....

That said, I can possibly see using it on a potted something or other... provided there was absolutely nothing else available. Like rocks. Or broken flower pots. Or real live mulch for that matter...