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July 24, 2009
This is what 15 weeks' worth of garbage looks like for our family of four. The two on the left are 2/3 full and the large one on the right can fit a few more bags, but the cat litter is being stored elsewhere, so it evens out to about this many bins, full. The city and its workers have reached a tentative agreement, so we're hopeful that when we get back from vacation these will have been emptied. Finally. Otherwise, the strike has actually had some benefits for our city. People bitched and moaned at first about the parks not being mowed, but as the weeks wore on and the wildflowers began maturing and flowering, attitudes slowly changed. All manner of wildlife, some that had never been seen around here before, are cropping up in our public spaces. You started hearing people instead talking about how lovely it all looked, speculating on how we could keep some of that wild beauty intact after the workers are back to the job of cleaning and mowing. And finally, the city announces that some of those spaces will indeed be left unmowed. Something lovely comes to our town so unexpectedly. After the Toronto show last weekend (which went well) I uploaded a big batch of the new dress prints to my etsy store. Go and have a look if you like. Here’s one: I’m going to be away from the internet for a couple of weeks, but when I get back I plan to spend a bit more time here, posting more often. I know, I’ve said that before. I think I might mean it this time. Posted by jodi on July 24, 2009 at 6.33am
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