January 2024 Haven't posted in so long - busy dealing with other things in life. Started this year with a phone call to Tim Hortons to...

October 12, 2021, Concession Rd. 7 Loser!

What a fabulous day. Too warm for this season, but gorgeous. We had lunch with friends on their deck, High Park, Toronto. Just steps...

I'm not religious. But this did seem like a sign to me. Then I think, why was the light made to shine on this cup only? Shall ye not...

Durham Region in September The election is over, and on we tramp. We're about to mark our first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...

It was a five minute walk to the poling station. Came across this cup in the first minute (above). And in the next minute, this (below.)...

One stop. Five minutes. Nine cans and one Tim Hortons cup complete with plastic lid. And all of these had been dumped by a beautiful...

I think this is an Aphrodite fritillary butterfly (Speyeria aphrodite). Saw it around The Sandford Rd. and Concession 3. I’ve read that...

Hamer Bay Rd. This morning. Tried to go for a bike ride, but stopped to pick up garbage instead-attracted by the bright red, fairly new...

I've been taking a break. Have been trying to ignore the litter. I've had less time to stop lately, and frankly the focus was really...

My first intentional act of civil disobedience: I placed a huge amount of trash outside a Tim Horton's restaurant. It wasn't my trash,...

Also known as marsh-marigold, or kingcup. They're flowering now in the wild. And what's that behind them? An old Tim's 'kingcup'. So,...

Beautiful, right? Peaceful, green. Birdsong. Budding leaves. And moldy, cigarette-filled, slimy, non-compostable crap thrown out by...

I stopped one time - just one location - and filled a bag of garbage. And, as usual, most of it is emblazoned 'Tim Hortons'. So, help...

Hamer Bay Road, south of Parry Sound. Where woodcocks and porcupines once roamed. My Mom's so cute. She says 'maybe they're workers who...

It's a culture, correct? A culture of disrespect and ignorance, abetted, if not engendered, by large corporations who make their products...

No time to pick up garbage today. Did, however, take a minute to look at images of junk in space. Our garbage, of course. The big worry...

Corner of Ball Rd. and Concession 6. I have stopped exactly here so many times. Can we put a camera here? Concession 6 (AGAIN!!!) and...

Only one stop today. On Wagg Rd. Filled a bag. All Tim Horton's cups and lids. I've stopped exactly here before. I can't get over this dis