"that I have never ceased to tire of" is the phrase you are looking for, I think. I love the middle one.

I love using branches as decorative elements. Would like to know if there is a way (non-toxic) to preserve them from brittleness and breakage. Also, please note that on the lakes in the area where I live it is not allowed to remove driftwood or indeed any fallen trees from the shoreline (doing so endangers fish spawning areas, apparently).

@Kyla- nah, cause that would mean she doesn't like 'em. as written it seems to say she used to be tired of them and isn't anymore :)

sorry, jessica- we're jealous of yer jerb, is all.

My in-laws have a grapefruit tree in their living room! It produces a few grapefruits each year and is a great conversation piece. They live in Colorado!

I have a few branches inside and also strewn about in the landscape. I think they are lovely. I recently cut a lot of dead wood from one of my citrus trees and would like to use some of it to transform my boring Ikea light fixture in the dining room. A word to the wise though: make sure they are termite-free before bringing them inside or indeed, anywhere near your home.

I adore the maple tree in the living room... I may just need to do that...

Why must people try to correct others' spelling/punctuation/word-usage? Wait, is that proper grammar? Who the eff cares? And why must you try to one-up the people working for AT by "correcting" their grammar in the first place? They aren't going to fire that person and recruit you as a reward for spotting said grammar violation. Or in this case, lack of.

I do this. I don't know if it looks all that great in my house but I do love the pieces of wood. They are mostly pieces of driftwood in cool shapes that I just had to bring home.

The "ceased to tire of" phrase used in the original article jumped out at me too. It's technically correct but awkward, unless the author actually did mean that she used to be tired of it and likes it now. It seems more likely it was a combination of two phrase choices that was overlooked during editing - "that I never tire of" and "that I never cease to love".

If nobody corrected anyone else's spelling or grammar, professional-looking articles with typos would be all over the place. If you see something wrong, why not point it out so it can be fixed?

I'll take off my English grammar hat now.

I have a vase of thin branches in my bathroom. Don't I feel trendy for once!

(#3, oak tree branch)
I always lug home too many driftwood pieces. May have to make art out of them or something. For now I change them up whenever a 'better' one comes along.

@jamalama: because it's annoying, if you're one who notices these things...and thinks that widely-read publishy-type things should have, you know, standards. If electronic media outlets are to be seen as legitimate replacements for their paper-based predecessors, they should probably at least make an attempt to use the language correctly...lest they continue to be viewed by many as second-class "just a blog" outfits.

When I correct errors, I'm not hoping that the OP will be fired and that I will be hired instead -- just that AT hears that some of its readers give a crap and would like some proofing. Or, failing that, a simple run through any word-processing program's spelling and grammar check tool. Come on, AT-and-contributors -- those nifty "function" keys are there for a reason, and the reason is awesome.

(Implying that those of us who have standards for written language are pedantic and, like, sooo totally lame, while a popular trope of the too-cool-to-care-about-grammar-so-edgy-am-I crowd, is far more ridiculous than any of our "if you're going to publish with any authority, you'll need an editor, a proofer, SOMETHING, OMG" requests.)

I'm with sagekitten. "Ceased to tire of" is awkward and probably does not accurately convey the writer's point. I would hope the writers would take care with their use of the language.

Shanalulu is awesome. AT management, please review (I hope this is why you are hiring an editor, I saw that listing recently). We care. Any media outlet who wants to be legitimate has a copy editor who catches these things. Folks who write for the dinosaurs (newspapers!) still make little errors or write awkward turns of phrase. They just get these issues cleared up.

It's kind of like having really nice decor, but never dusting. Dust, y'all, dust.

The branch decoration thing is so pretentious. I'm all for bringing nature elements inside, but I find this is rarely pulled off without it ending up looking reeeeeeally douchey. Toss it in the dumpster along with taxidermy, owls, vessel sinks, and the EXPEDIT.