pond cleanup

They probably could have waded out in the pond to pick up the trash, but they used the boat instead.

 

Invasive

It looked like bubbles on the ground, but it's an artwork called Invasives, by Jean Shin.  Recycled Mountain Dew bottles make up the green carpet.

 

Plastics

This net, hanging from the ceiling in the North Carolina Museum of Art, was filled with trash.

The installation is called: The Midden by Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim.

It consists all of the plastic trash that the two sisters brought into their home in 4 years.  I wonder if my plastic pile would be bigger than that?

 

Where do old tires go to die?

 These trailers were sitting behind the county solid waste disposal site.  What will they be recycled into???

(See here)

 

Lost things

On a walk around Lake Lynn, we found many lost things.  Someone's new ball.

Someone's old ball.

A football.

A helmet.

And a watch.

When do lost things just become trash?

 

Water's edge

The sea gull was trying to ignore the trash.

Killdeer

This killdeer just stood on one foot watching the tennis ball.  Does it think it's a friend?

Trash

Old tires...

Chicken bucket....

Trashcan lid...

Broken plastic jug...

And the ubiquitous pop top.

Trash Photography

I read about a challenge in an article about street photography.  The challenge? To photograph trash.  It is supposed to get the new photographer to take street pictures without annoying people and getting in conflicts.

Since I'm on trails as often as I'm on streets, I thought I'd give Trail Trash Photography a whirl.  When you look for trash, you see it everywhere!

The interesting part of the exercise was to try to include the trash instead of looking for angles to exclude it.

Ubiquitous

A lovely summer stroll

The plastic straw that never degrades on the path...

Big Belly

It seems that anything can go solar.  This is Big Belly, a solar trash compactor.  And why not!