UGLY: That's the Ugly, in the above photo. Evidently, during the night, the wind had been vicious. Add that to the fact that today is trash and recycle pickup day in our neighborhood and people who put their barrels out last evening, and we have major trash displacement. The two largest boxes (and, not all of the trash is visible in the photo) had mailing labels, announcing from whose trash or recycle containers they came - neighbors several houses up the street, and around the corner in the photo, who had recently moved in.
BAD: Not as large, but more numerous, was the trash blown into the back yard - some of it back into the woods and into the creek. There were many of what we dubbed a few years ago (on a trip to Amarillo TX and back) "Texas Wild Flowers" - AKA plastic shopping bags. This is Bad.
GOOD: Our next-door neighbors are Good. Not just good, but wonderful. I retrieved the morning paper and photographed the trashy leavings, in my robe. Before I could get dressed to go gather up the trash, our next-door neighbor had gathered it - not only from his own front yard (the bare ground in the photo) but from our front yard. Thank you, Jason. You are a "keeper"!
That was so nice of your new-ish neighbor!
Posted by: bogie | February 26, 2017 at 09:50 AM
What a nice neighbor! Haven't experienced that here with winds, but recall a few years ago -- actually, more than a few years, I guess -- before our drought. In the wee morning hours we had heavy rain washing down the street gutters where large receptacles in front of each house were placed the night before the next day's pickups beginning later in the day. Each house had at least 3 containers -- one, for greenery, one for paper/plastic, all recyclables and the third for trash.
The water flow was so strong, residents awoke the next morning to discover many of their containers swept down the street -- a few tipped over, but mostly cans belonging to someone else in front of the house. We all just moved the lost cans to the next house up the street and they all finally managed to make it back home.
Posted by: Joared | February 27, 2017 at 01:34 AM
Bogie--Yes, we've good neighbors, fortunately.
Joared--Interesting tale, you tell. Water or wind, whatever moves takes things along with it.
Posted by: Cop Car | February 27, 2017 at 06:13 PM