RILEY MASONRY

JIM RILEY IS AN ARTISAN. HE FOUND BRICK THAT MATCHES JUST AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. THEN HE AND HIS CREW LAID THAT BRICK SO PERFECTLY STRAIGHT THAT IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVELY TO LOOK AT NOW. I POINT OUT MY NEW CHIMNEY TO OTHERS AND ALL AGREE THE BRICK IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT AND WELL MATCHED. BELIEVE IT OR NOT I SOMETIMES STAND IN MY YARD AND JUST STARE AT THAT BEAUTIFUL CHIMNEY. I HAVE SOME OTHER BRICK WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND I WOULD NEVER LET ANYONE ELSE DO IT BUT JIM RILEY. HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS 30 YEARS; WHEN HE LAYS A BRICK YOU CAN'T FIND ONE DETAIL OUT OF PLACE. HE IS HONEST WITH THE MONEY TOO: I WANTED TO PAY THE SECOND HALF ONCE THE JOB PASSED THE CITY PERMIT INSPECTION. THAT WAS FINE WITH HIM. THE JOB QUICKLY PASSED AND I HAPPILY PAID HIM THE REST OF HIS MONEY. I WAS THRILLED AND STILL AM.