This weekend was earth day and our neighbors arranged a clean-up on Sunday. I was shocked at the amount of trash that has been dumped just beyond my line of sight, along the railway tracks and now there is a massive pile of garbage and bags that the city was meant to pick-up yesterday. I ache all over from the lifting and piling of junk! What a good day, what nice people live near by and what weather! Sunny and warm finally. The sad part is the people who live right next to the tracks felt the need to clearcut a lot of the greenery / small trees that grow there! That gave me panic attacks and fretfulness. They seem to have left enough that hopefully when it grows in, we will still see green. They said something about allergies and it blocking sunlight, though the trees are scarcely tall enough to do that. I think some people just see that sort of growth as weeds and as messy, but they also helped with the trash cleaning, so that is good. " Hey, its earth day! Lets cut down trees! " sigh. Trying to see the bright side- it will grow back eventually.
Also, happily my tulips seem just about ready to bloom! I had planted a ton in the fall. I also bought three small pots of grape hyacinths to plant among them- lovely!
hi tania, i like seeing you have my stone on your desk...
happy earth day, happy spring to you...sorry to hear about the tree cutting...my friends have a neighbour who hates her trees and tried to get her to cut them down, (we are talking potencial law suit, if you can believe that!) because they are "messy" and make too much shade...I will never figure the anti-tree people.
three cheers for the trees. i will hug my tree friends today!
p.s. bea loves your pink squirrel!
Posted by: kim | April 23, 2007 at 12:58 PM
a CBC paperweight! i love it!
Posted by: Monica | April 23, 2007 at 01:00 PM
hey you have a "wide world" airplane. that was one of my favorite board games...did you ever play it?
okay seriously back to sewing cards...restless with spring and typing chatter..
Posted by: kim | April 23, 2007 at 01:00 PM
I've got the same mentality in my neighbourhood (not too far from yours, I think). A lot of the old trees in people's front yards are being cut down due to rot and nobody wants to replant even though the City provides the tree and the labour to do so. I shudder to think what my street would look like without these majestic beauties.
Posted by: Carmen | April 23, 2007 at 04:19 PM
Love the bear! And sorry about the tree-cutters. Some people just make you wonder.
Posted by: Anja | April 23, 2007 at 04:22 PM
yeah, i don't get the "lets cut down the trees" mentality either. so sad, isn't it?
i like the little detail photo of your desk. the cbc paperweight is awesome!
Posted by: krissy | April 23, 2007 at 05:51 PM
I love the peek at your desk! The gerbil/hamster eraser made me laugh, and the "tea break" rock is darling.
Posted by: Emma | April 23, 2007 at 09:57 PM
a 'so cute' sight!
Posted by: esther | April 25, 2007 at 01:06 AM