Fuller-Mart

The other day I came home and noticed these leaves on the door mat that sits in front of our front door (an appropriate place for a door mat). The leaves had been arranged by the wind exactly as you see them here. It looked like someone had placed them there, but they hadn't. After I took the picture with the D5500, the thought struck me that Pottery Barn would get somewhere between $68 and $100 for a mat like this. I then thought about putting it on Craigs List for $50, but the wind kicked up and blew the darn leaves all over the place before I could get it in the house....Dangit! As a result, I won't be going into the doormat business anytime soon. If that changes, I'll keep you posted...

PS. Had Alfred Fuller gone door to door selling door mats instead of brushes in 1906, he might have become Fuller-Mart instead of the Fuller Brush Company, and Sam Walton would have had to find some other line of work. It looks like Alfred did OK anyway, as his company is still in business after well over 100 years of selling stuff. They haven't expanded much, however, as their main product line appears to still be brushes and brooms. Now that's something to think about.