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It's as icky as taxidermy, in my opinion.

Whoa! Bad childhood memory there.

Here in Portland OR, squirrels are as numerous as the trees they inhabit.

My squirrel story this week. They kept hopping into my bird feeder that I loved. It was a bowl with a minature, real, working umbrella over it to keep little bird heads dry while dining. It reminded me of something out of an Edward Gorey drawing. After the third time that squirrels knocked it down, it finally broke into 5 pieces. Grrrrrr!

Plus I think the squirrels give our indoor cats worms just because they share the back deck. (My cats have a little caged enclosure out there that they use on nice evenings. We call it "poker night".)

Okay, here's another link:
http://www.topdeq.com/topdeq/product.do?prodid=p_Louis-Ghost

Other Patrick, I think they are prevalent in design circles and are not overused... yet.

But almost.

What a fabulous question!

angorian, PETA akin to the KKK? I don't agree with PETA's tactics always but I don't think their philosophy is based on hatred. They may not approve of wearing fur, but I don't think most PETA member would lynch a person who wore one.

The suggestions here are all great.

Welcome to Portland, but I have to tell you we have many, many Craftsman style homes here. If you don't like a Craftsman home, maybe just rent this place until you can find one more suitable to your tastes. Personally, I don't think modern tastes in a Craftsman is that uncommon around here and can work quite well. Please don't be sneaky and paint the place anyway, as suggested. Craftsman homes are gems and the landlord is just looking out for the place to make sure renters don't destroy it. If someone rented my Craftsman and painted the wood, I would cry and then I would sue.

Disclosure: I don't own a Crafstman.

Gorgeous! And a real pick-me-up out here in the Portland area where it is raining today (but luckily we have gorgeous flowers right now too).

We bought that Panasomic camera yesterday at Costco. We are planning to take it out today and take some pictures of the planted urns around town. We were looking for a camera to keep in my purse that took great pictures and I think this will be perfect.

You guys are reading alot into it. It's still art, regardless of the manipulation or the topical nature of the "subject". If anything, I think Jordan's work is about consumption, more than the envirnoment.

And can I correct on assumption people seem to have? Just because something is recyclable doesn't mean it's a completely benign commodity as far as the environment is concerned. Energy is STILL used to recycle cans and paper.

The reams of paper pretty much damns my line of work, though.

We bought this one on Craigslist (in the exact same color as the link), but even new they are very reasonably priced and I think it's lovely.

Sorry for the long link:
http://www.daniafurniture.com/?page=shop/flypage&page_back=shop/category_items&offset=0&product_id=1318&category_id=7a7b7fd56cdb0ace8aa2d568aa79c202

My female kitty is the digger. Male just plops and goes (making the humans scream in disgust from the smell)

But even with the holes in the liner, the routine cleaning of the box itself is still much easier than if I didn't have them. When I remove the liner with the used litter in it, I just place it inside another clean garbage bag and transport it to the trash can.

There IS the matter that these bags don't break down in the landfill and some experts even suggest replacing the plastic tub once a year because the urine impregnantes the plastic after a certain point. And I am not sure if my recycler will take a urine soaked plastic tub. They should, but I won't bet on it. Perhaps I should get a metal pan, put it would have to be large enough for my 18 lb Maine Coon!