I have a horrible head cold, so I’m not up to the thought that writing requires. Perhaps, you are thinking, this is a blessing. I can, however, spend a couple of minutes trolling through photo files looking for inspiration, and it didn’t take me long to settle on this one.

I took these photographs in Vineyard Haven, on Martha’s Vineyard. I thought that this was a brilliant treatment of what was once an ugly, grey concrete wall.

Got concrete? Get paint!

A poured concrete wall has become an exotic background for a place to have tea, or a conversation with friends.

The sketched in "tiles" on top, and the mix of colors below, make this concrete wall warm and inviting.