Showing posts with label The Great Outdoors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Great Outdoors. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Next summer in Stoney Creek...?
Durand Park in Hamilton, this past Saturday night, leading up to their community movie presentation. (About an hour later, hence the lack of crowds.)
I love this idea, bringing people together from the local neighbourhoods for a casual, intimate gathering in a green space under an open sky.
And yes, I absolutely, positively have a location in mind in Stoney Creek.
More news as it develops.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Not that I've ever had *any* respect for taggers...
...but this scene takes the proverbial cake.
This snapshot was taken this morning just south of the TH&B railway tracks at Battlefield Creek.
A half-dozen cans just dumped in the bushes.
Nice.
Some years back, I wrote a short screenplay about tagging. A kindasorta 'the chickens have come home to roost' sort of tale. Anyone interested in reading it, please email me: mystoneycreek@gmail.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
No, it's not quite Stoney Creek, but still...
That's a half a garbage bag's worth of primarily bottled water carcasses, pop cans, cardboard coffee cups and candy bar wrappers.
All collected from a soccer pitch in the shadow of the CHCH Tower.
While I was driving back from Hamilton this morning, I actually witnessed something I'd hardly ever seen in-person. As I passed him and his loutish pals, this scuzz-bucket proceeded to dump the bag and the wrapping from his submarine sandwich.
Just tossed them to the ground as he strolled along.
I'll admit to going drop-jawed.
I cannot fathom how people can litter. It's beyond my ken. I just can't get my head around the wanton disrespect.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Precisely what I'm talking about.
This is a local neighbourhood's common area. (It's not in Stoney Creek, but across Centennial in Hamilton.)
It's been in this state, more or less for as long as I can remember. More than two years.
It's not in some 'far removed' part of the community. There's tons of foot-traffic going by every day. And yet it's -seemingly- never been cleaned up.
Because...?
Because nobody cares.
Because nobody feels compelled to look after this communal patch. Nobody seems to feel any amount of self-respect, of pride to motivate them to grab a garbage bag, take ten minutes and clean it all up. And setting an example, maybe prevent others from effectively crapping in the open.
So if the way in which we view our world can be seen in this common example of modern behaviour, why should we expect that things in general ought to be any better?
Specifically, if we don't feel that our lives deserve the respect of a clean environment, why should we expect that our best interests are being looked after by those we put in office? Why should we feel we deserve that?
Of course, I've dealt with this notion of 'the relationship of engagement' with our elected officials, about creating a new way of seeing our roles in society, about the need to produce a value system shift towards a far more involved, engaging citizenry, here, in this series of articles.
I'm just sayin'...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
A Hint of Autumn
Given that it was a foggy, muggy, steamy August day...
...it was so reminiscent of October...if you made telescope of your hands and restricted the visuals.
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