Summer of Wind Blown Trash

This photo blog will detail the trash and other riff-raff that finds its way into my lil' piece of Mother Earth from June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008. All trash depicted will have been either wind aided or dropped by passerby litterbugs.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Aug 31, 2008

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Thanks to a corralling whirlwind, we close this amazing blog with a three for one blowout! We have one typical napkin (doesn’t appear to be ...

Aug 30, 2008

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Plain ol’ cellophane wrapper. What it once wrapped is anyone’s guess.
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Aug 29, 2008

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I do not know what it is and don’t want to know, frankly.

Aug 28, 2008

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Today, in my little town, is the first day of school. Low and behold and what did I find in my yard? A folded up piece of paper. And just wh...

Aug 27, 2008

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A Dunkin’ Donuts Styrofoam cup. I’m not a coffee drinker, but I am guessing the cup is size medium. This lil’ buggah must have absorbed some...

Aug 26, 2008

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When I first spotted that below pictured “thing” resting at the foot of my driveway, I though it was a long magnetic strip. Branching off th...

Aug 25, 2008

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At first glance, the uninformed may think the below picture is a snapshot of the torn wrapper that once housed a Snickers candy bar. However...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Aug 24, 2008

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Another (see Aug 16) empty pack of what I assume is old lady cigarettes. Not being a smoker, I am unhip to the brands.
Monday, September 22, 2008

Aug 23, 2008

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Below you’ll see some sort of “thing” or stock list from a nearby convenience store. Now, a woman who works at that store often walks by hou...

Aug 22, 2008

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Not a piece, today.
Friday, September 12, 2008

Aug 21, 2008

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When I started this trash blog I knew the litter would be boring and maybe sometimes surprising. However, I never even considered that a Dil...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Aug 20, 2008

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Gone are the kids games. Today’s junk is a nice nip-o-vodka. It’s a plastic bottle, which has recently become environmental enemy number one...

Aug 19, 2008

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Another candy wrapper. Laffy Taffy, it is.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Aug 18, 2008

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That sure is one beat up Milky Way candy bar wrapper. The wrapper is for the regular size candy bar, not the mini bites, Halloween, or jumbo...
Monday, September 8, 2008

Aug 17, 2008

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My eagle eyes spied the below pictured bracelet price tag resting in my driveway not far from my side porch. To better show the size of this...
Friday, September 5, 2008

Aug 16, 2008

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Pall Mall anybody? I do not smoke, but I was surprised to see that this brand is still around. For whatever reason, I think this brand of ca...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Aug 15, 2008

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If any trash was in my yard, then it was certainly swept away by the torrential downpours and wind. I swear, I've never seen it rain so ...

Aug 14, 2008

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Hey everybody, it’s a losing scratch ticket! Such a rare sight, indeed.
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Aug 13, 2008

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A receipt from a car wash about 5 miles from my house found itself stranded against the foundation of my house, upside down. The once proud ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Aug 12, 2008

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“Gosh Timmy, I feel like smoking a stogie but I also crave the taste of peaches. What should I do?” “Lucky for you Johnny there’s a nearby ...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Aug 11, 2008

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This fine example of a crusty old pen is pictured barely lurking over my property line separating the street from my driveway. This pen has ...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Aug 10, 2008

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Today’s litter takes a turn for the festive: a red balloon approx 7 inches long most likely lost by some sort of clown to blow up and twist ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Aug 9, 2008

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Lookie likie someone (whose name I covered with a leaf) lost their proof of health insurance coverage for tax reporting resons. The facing l...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Aug 8, 2008

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A Plastic "Sandwich" Bag
Monday, August 18, 2008

Aug 7, 2008

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This candybar foil wrapper danced around my front yard in a bevy of unchoreographed circles for hours before I finally snapped its picture. ...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Aug 6, 2008

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What you see pictured below is a twisted mass of thin culinary cardboard. What you do not see pictured below is the self camoflauging remain...

Aug 5, 2008

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No trash today.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Aug 4, 2008

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And now we are talking, baby! Jameson Irish Whiskey. If I were a drunken bum, I just may have opened up this nip and finished the remaining ...

Aug 3, 2008

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I have no idea what this business card size piece of information-laden cardboard is. It lists my hometown on it, so it comes from something ...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Aug 2, 2008

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At first, I thought the below was just another piece of red plastic cast from wherever. However, my daughter spotted it and told me she thin...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Aug 1, 2008

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Yikes, August is the third and final month of this silly blog and here we are, already. The summer sure did fly. Today we have the pay stub ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

July 31

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When I first spotted the below in my front yard, I thought it was the typical drinking straw. However, as I approached the object and got a ...
Saturday, August 2, 2008

July 30, 2008

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There’s litter then there’s litter that skeeves you out on several levels. The below piece of work has skeeved me out for several reasons. F...
Friday, August 1, 2008

July 29, 2008

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This intrusive jerk of a shopping bag (Stop&Shop) took things a bit too far when it decided to trespass not only into my land, but up an...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

July 28, 2008

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A high quality napkin/rag thing. Gross.

July 27, 2008

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When I first found the pictured in my front yard I was all giddy thinking it was some kind of hand written personal note. Alas, I was wrong....
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

July 26, 2008

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At the far end of my driveway (not the street end), I found the below: a piece of a broken bicycle pedal. Since this thing is too heavy to b...
Monday, July 28, 2008

July 25, 2008

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Sunshine, no rain, and the strewn cellophane wrapper of Smarties candy. These things still appeal to me, even though as a child we always cr...
Friday, July 25, 2008

July 22, 23, 24

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These three days brought forth rain, wind, lightening, and thunder of Biblical proportions. Any litter that may have found its way into my y...

July 21, 2008

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The below is a “thing” (approx 5"x3") that goes around the neck of the horrible sounding Spray Candy. The advertised free sticker ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

July 20, 2008

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While sitting on my front porch today reading and enjoying the warm air, my peace was suddenly shattered by an unfamiler group of laddies ro...

July 19, 2008

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The below crumpled up mess arrived today and I knew immediatley what it was. Do you? Honestly, I am surprised it took so long for a scratch ...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

July 18, 2008

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Alright, it has become evident the litterbugs of the world, or at least around my land, have become responible, of course, on my watch.

July 17, 2008

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Uh oh. Two straight days with zero trash. It has been very warm and yucky, so maybe the litterbugs are staying inside and dropping their jun...

July 16, 2008

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No trash today!
Friday, July 18, 2008

July 15, 2008

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Another piece of cardbaord with enough similarities that leads me to believe it is related to the cardboard captured July 13. Thrill-a-minut...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

July 14, 2008

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A squashed pack of Newport smokes. Who knew the Newport cigarette logo was an upside down Nike swoosh (they call their logo a “spinnaker”). ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

July 13, 2008

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‘Tis a lovely cut of cardboard, don’t you think? The bevel and lil’ dipsy doodle half way down? This beauty of a specimen runs about 5 inche...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

July 12, 2008

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Amazing. Who knew “they” made cigars with pipe tobacco? And apple flavored to boot! To me, smoking and apples go together as well as a tuna ...

July 11. 2008

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Today’s litter is similar to yesterday’s litter, but different: a crumbled up Dunkin’ Donuts napkin. This piece o’trash was discovered by my...
Friday, July 11, 2008

July 10, 2008

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Gross. A crumbled up tissue. Has it been used? No idea and I shall not venture to answer that question. I had to put on my Haz-Mat suit in o...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 9, 2008

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Today was hot, humid, and purdy dahn windy. When I saw the below Stop & Shop plastic bag dancing around my back yard, I knew taking its ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

July 8, 2008

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The Starburst candy. Perhaps one of the grossest of chemical candies out there. Do these things make you thirsty, too? I am now curious as t...
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I am the author of 'A Nobody's Nothings' 'The Longsberry Letters' 'Track Wreckard 1-14' and the soon to be released 'Dives: The Fiction' and 'Dives: The Nonfiction'( Bone Print Press ) I am also the publisher of Askew Reviews 'zine.
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