trash or treasure?

Call me silly - but I think the one on the right is a keeper.

Not everyone in the house thinks so;
I found the McD's trash
(incidentally, skip the frozen strawberry lemonade; go to Sonic!)
in a place of honor on the windowsill
and had to go digging through 3 days of trash
to rescue the spill-proof, BPA free polycarbonate one
??
Does make me wonder what other treasures
may have been deemed trash.
Especially since in my brief digging,
I also found a napkin, a comb, and a peanut butter jar lid...

ooh - trash digging.
That reminds me;
today is a great day to dumpster dive at the cemetery :-)

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which further reminds me...

here's a post from a year ago that I never actually posted:

It was drizzling when I pulled up.

A white car drove slowly past;

the driver paid me no mind .

I stepped out of the car into the mist

and moved swiftly.

From the other side of the smoke colored glass,

I could hear the children cackling.
* * * * *

Growing up in Chicago Heights,

we had a neighbor,

Leroy.

Leroy loved to roam the neighborhood on trash day

looking for treasures.

When he found one

he'd drag it home

and proudly declare it,

"Brand new, almost"

***********

As we drove down the bumpy road

heading for home

Jeremiah threw back his head and laughed,

"That's the first time I ever saw you go dumpster diving!"

I'm thinking after Memorial Day we'll go again.

The kids want to help me next time.

(Tyler will be glad to go to work)

I never go junkin' that I don't remember Leroy

and when I brought these babies home

I said to no one in particular,

"Brand new. Almost."

Who knew such treasures could be found

in the dumpster

at the cemetery?

lest there be any confusion - we found the flower, not the baby :-)

You find any treasures in the trash lately??