Anthill Architects Mugs

Chimp with mail-order anthill.

Bird collecting furniture for it's home.

"Everyone has to do their share. . . I've always been known as a good worker. . . whew. . .Gotta keep going, no time to rest now."

"This is just a model, but you get the idea."

'I need a hive with 50,000 bedrooms.'

"Oh boy, by the way this guy is moving, we can assume he's got some of our friends in his pants..."

What brings you to therapy, Rudy? Dr. Noodle. I've been feeling like my whole life is on pause. And I can't find the remote to unpause it. Meanwhile, everyone else's stories are proceeding apace. They're all into the second act already. They've all had plot twists, and hero's journeys, and epic love scenes, and thrilling reversals of fortune ... Meanwhile, I'm still paused on the opening credits because no remote. Why don't you get up off the couch and unpause it manually? You can do that?

'Twigs... great, that'll be comfortable.'

Nest building

From Ant Farm to Ant Condo

"Your tax return reads like one of your novels."

Sharon's more of a do-it-yourselfer.

No caption (Ants take food to an ant hill, while in the background a bottle lies next to a another ant hill's cellar door).

'Don't turn the page yet - I'm not finished!'

'In my day, it was 50% soldiers and 50% workers... Now it is 50% soldiers, 20% managers, 20% admin and only 10% workers...'

"We had these twigs flown in from Italy."

Writing the generations/Bring characters to life.

The only time you are actually too old to follow your dreams.

"Flockfunding"? Whatever happened to building your own @#^* nest?

'I'm sorry...what other options are there?'

"Actually, I don't read much, they're just background for my video calls."

'I was a lawyer for a start-up tech company, taking my pay in stock, and after they went public, I retired at age 26!'

"I was reluctant at first to let you introduce art classes to the colony, but the morale of my workers and soldiers has definitely improved!"

Balcony that resembles a scary mouth.

"Any New Year's resolutions?" "I'm going to do better." "That's a nice sentiment but a little vague. Without a specific benchmark how'll you know you've met it?" "How'll I know I haven't?" "That's oddly logical." "And achievable."

Changing the dream

"Frankly, this crumbling infrastructure is a damned disgrace."

"It's called a duplex. With deforestation as it is, it's the future of housing unfortunately..."

"If only I'd bought Microsoft with it..."

"It's absolutely brilliant."

Paths.

Castles in the air: Dreaming big.

"This whole rustic look is getting to be a bit of a bore."

As orthodontist Phil Glomley progressed with each patient, his assistant would add a proportional amount to the model of his beach house.

In case of emergency break glass