This morning I took a short walk to the grocery store. About three blocks from my house I came upon a scene that took me through several states of mind. Even though all of these photos were taken within a 20 foot segment of the block, my mood ranged from awe to despair.
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How ghastly and insensitive; some people are so selfish.
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One day it is clean, and the next day it looks like that.
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oh how awful- such beauty in the sky and trees to be marred like that
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Such a contrast in one place.
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Wow, its awful how we can taint something that beautiful. I also like the way you wrote, quick and snappy.
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Thanks. I hadn’t even planned on writing that post yesterday but when I saw that scene I knew it was an important one.
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Agreed. I don’t know why people would litter; It’s like they are blind to what they are doing.
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Shame, shame on them!!
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Wow, what an amazing story teller you are, I’m assuming with that phone of yours!
Very powerful and telling sequence. Thanks for always getting me to think and see differently.
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Thanks. I enjoy it when I can say it all through photos. Yes, I’m just using the camera on the iPhone 6+.
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Yea! The more exposure, the better
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I wonder if this kind of disrespect – for nature, for others – can only come from being treated with disrespect. Where else would we learn to be so thoughtless?
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That makes sense……. either that and/or having tremendous amount of anger. Thankfully most people who have been disrespected or are very angry don’t use nature as their dump.
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Exactly – WHY? My rental borders the Pine Bush Preservation. When driving to work I take the curved road slowly and enjoy the beauty of the trees, then notice the very large box that someone placed there a week ago. The other night on my way home I noticed someone must have decided to dump their garbage bags in this secluded area. I asked, Why? Many times while walking I carry a small bag to pick up the garbage. Now I have to wait until he way home because there is so much it fills my bag before the walk is over. Once it warms up I am going down the road to pick up the bags of garbage because although I didn’t place it there, I don’t want to see it. Again – why?
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I’m glad you can relate to my experience, my WHY? I appreciate that you picked up the bags of garbage you saw.
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Ouch! Can;t help love the ‘camera movement’, though 🙂 🍸
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Gut wrenching
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