Virginia A. Spiegel

I like how these two Tuesday things always go together: A reminder that there is a new post on The Garbage Day Project and a photo, usually from Nature, for your inspiration.

It makes for a nice balance in my world - the realization that there is just WAY too much garbage, but that Nature is still hanging in there for us if we make the effort to appreciate it.

Today’s photos are from Bat Lake. Nancy and I can’t stand to be in the tent just because the weather is rotten, so we will often find a corner out of the wind and, hopefully, the rain and just settle in.

We were just hanging out when I took my camera (it’s a point-and-shoot Nikon CoolPix digital) out of my Gortex coat pocket, set it on macro, took a photo and passed it to Nancy and said, “Andy Goldworthy Challenge.”

Andy Goldsworthy takes photos of ephemeral art he creates with found objects in Nature. Our A.G. Challenge rules: Use what you can reach, don’t think and shoot quickly. The camera flew back and forth. The photo I like best from my series is above and this is my favorite from Nancy’s work:

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