Its got to start somewhere.

I've been meaning to start a blog for a long time as most people do not understand what I do and seem to think that I am a garden manager or a landscape maintenance professional. I tried to start one years ago and my late Father-in-law told me that it was boring......it was. My wife also seems to think that I am a terrible writer so get ready to suffer through my bad grammar, sentence structural and poor overall thought organization. 

A little more about me, I am married and have two little girls. We have a small house in a cul-de-sac that we love. Many weekends are spent on the front porch with my sketchbook in hand. Sketching is quickly becoming a lost art among designers as computers take over but I have found that most clients appreciate that form of communication and that it elevates the status of the designer. Now don't get me wrong, I am no artist. Scribbles suffice as sketches in this world and if you doubt me start googling images of noted masters. 
  Tadao Ando- 
(Image from Architectural Review) (If you are not familiar with Tadao Ando, google his work - its worth your time)

Frank Gehry- 
(Image from Pintrest)

I mean come on, if Frank Gehry can sketch that and it counts, then my scribbles are works of art.




This is a sketch for my neighbor. He does not have a front porch and as our neighborhood is on a cul-de-sac and most of us actually like each other, we all hang out in our front yards as our children take over the streets. So I started exploring options to provide seating for him. Not a work of art but it gets the point across.



This is a contemporary pergola design I did for a apartment complex being built on Memorial Drive. Also not a work of art, but it gets the job done.

Thats enough rambling for now. I'll try to post once a week about projects I've worked on, sites I've visited and the occasional family adventure. Hopefully soon I can post pictures of finished projects that I've worked on. (Now my wife is going to let me know all my grammar mistakes)