spring snow, spring litter – mar. 20

blue jay

On this first day of spring, I looked out my window and saw this blue jay in the lilac bush. As you can see, we had more snow – around ten inches – and the second KC Litter Index was canceled. The litter is still out there waiting to be indexed and waiting to be picked up. It’s just buried under a new cover of snow for now. But that doesn’t stop me from doing my own little litter index in my neighborhood.

Homer and I headed out for a nice long walk. I have to say that I’m always astounded at what I find. It doesn’t matter what route I take, there’s always some kind of litter story just waiting to be told.

As we approached an intersection a few blocks away (where the nicer houses are) there was a white garbage bag filled with beer cans. Next to it, were two empty 12-pack containers. I shook my head, but was glad that at least all 53 cans (1 vodka bottle and 35 cents) – yes I said 53 cans – were inside the bag instead of on the ground.

So, going back to my point about themes, this one is about blue – blue jays and blue beer cans. Merry spring.

beer cans in the snow

Bag ‘o beer cans (plus 1 vodka bottle and 35 cents) sit on the corner a few blocks from my house.

beer cans

Here are the contents of the trash bag left on the corner in the snow. There are a total of 53 beer cans, 1 vodka bottle and 35 cents.