Thoughts of Spring

This photo is part of an ironing board cover.

The Garbage Day Project will be on hiatus in January. By February the sun should be up before the garbage guys make their rounds. See you then!

Secrets

This just about says it all. It’s dark, there’s snow, there’s still a lot of garbage.

Below is Winter Trellis, a piece I made for the very first post of The Garbage Day Project way back in November 2006. You can see it in its infancy if you go to the old TGDP webpage here and scroll to the very end. It is becoming more assimilated into the landscape over time. It’s hard to tell that the crocheted fiber along the top is not part of the plant that has started to climb it. It’s amazing to me how long the yarn, fabric and wooden skewers have maintained their integrity for over a year.

Winter Trellis – Revisited

Ah, Midwestern winters. To the archives today due to our world becoming an ice skating rink. Both these photos were taken last week.

This is one of those What Is it? things. Is it a beer sign gone bad? Is it a dog pseudo-carving? It’s just so bad in so many ways that I actually think the garbage is a good place for it.

Amazing Things A Garbage Truck Can Crush

Exercycles are like computers; they just become obsolete. I did like the perky green color and the interesting piece of plywood underneath it. A day of mysteries – Why would you cut a piece of plywood like this? A very specific need.

Gridlock

Some weeks I am reminded exactly why I started The Garbage Day Project. So much stuff going so unnecessarily into the garbage truck. This week was just sad. The above photo was from two very sculptural metal chairs. I could just see them in my garden; unfortunately so could have the people who put them out as my back yard faces their front yard. Too much thinking, too little action and the garbage truck took care of that.

Amazing Things A Garbage Truck Can Crush

I don’t think there is much you can say about this.

To end on a more positive note, consider participating February 15 – 18 in the Great Backyard Bird Count sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Lab and the Audubon Society.

“These volunteers are counting not only for fun but for the future,” said Tom Bancroft, Chief Science Officer for Audubon. “It’s fun to see how many different kinds of birds can be seen and counted right in your backyard or neighborhood park. Each tally helps us learn more about how our North American birds are doing, and what that says about the health and the future of our environment.”