Lambini & SonsI am happy to see Lambini & Sons in today’s Far Side selection.#comics#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 20, 2024Lambini & Sons
Lambini & SonsAs the son of a tile man, I had a clipped-from-the-newspaper copy on my office door for years.#comics#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·May 23, 2022Lambini & Sons
Tinta AzulI know that one is never supposed to buy wine for the label, especially not a label with a picture of a critter. But Tinta Azul I had to buy for its label. Look: tile work. And the name means “blue ink.”#ink#tile#wine·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 26, 2021Tinta Azul
Zip ties and groutZip ties are fasteners. Grout, not so much.#tile#tools·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 19, 2017Zip ties and grout
Fine Arts tileIf the floor is as old as the building, it’s from 1886.#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 30, 2016Fine Arts tile
From a file folderMy dad sent me this questionnaire probably not long after I moved to Boston.#family#life#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 10, 2014From a file folder
Labor DayAt the Library of Congress, a restorer at work.#tile#work·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 10, 2014Labor Day
Watts tilesDetails of the Watts Towers.#LosAngeles#tile#art·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 30, 2014Watts tiles
Snoopy ceramic tileSnoopy gets a new doghouse. My dad didn’t do the tile work.#comics#Peanuts#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 1, 2013Snoopy ceramic tile
SMITH BUILDINGWords from hexagons: a beautiful feature of the dowdy world.#dowdyworld#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jul 26, 2013SMITH BUILDING
A little bathroom humorA good clue in today’s New York Times crossword.#tile#crosswords·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 19, 2011A little bathroom humor
96th and LexingtonTile work, NYC subway station#NewYorkCity#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 22, 200996th and Lexington
No job too smallI see more frequent and more exotic homonym errors than I used to. Maybe the most surprising so far is pros for prose . But sometimes even ...#words#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006No job too small
Leddy Ceramic TileFor whatever reason, Google no longer finds the link to a post that mentioned my now-retired dad's tile business, Leddy Ceramic Tile. I ...#tile·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2006Leddy Ceramic Tile