In memory of Brian Leaf...undeniably connected to the Tree of Life!
During one of those sweltering summers in the late '90's as we were finishing up an exterior paint job on Camp Avenue in Rockford IL, a man appeared from the front porch of the house next door and sauntered in my direction. " That sure looks pretty. What color is that? Reminds me of something you might find on the Riviera." And, thus, began a conversation with Brian Leaf that ran intermittently for the next twenty years; up until his death in February, 2017. By "intermittentl
