Paula, I didn't get around to answering in your other message, so am writing here to let you know I haven't got your pictures yet, at least not in any place it's occurred to me to look! How did you send them? I imagine you and Tom are glad to be back home! Here it's still pleasant in the early morning and we're out every day cleaning up. It's dry, in spite of a good rain a few days ago, but the garden looks considerably neater than it did three weeks ago. Melissa

This is a link to a website (hope it comes through) for the request for rustic tiles. I found Ken Mason Tiles in a magazine. They are beautiful hand-made, hand painted tiles from California. Using them for my entire backsplash turned out to be "beyond my budget", but they do have a slection of "Overruns" on the web site for 1/2 price. I was able to pick out individual 3 x 3 tiles from the overruns to use as accents in my 4 x 4" tumbled travertine marble backsplash. They make me happy ever time I look at them. I love the "culinarios" (fruits and vegetables) and, especially, the cherub tile that is next to my sink. Here is a link that might be useful: Ken Mason Tiles

***bumping into the weekend***

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