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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Beauty and the Garbage

I love the place where we live. Its beauty stuns me still almost daily. This photo was of the mountains as the first sun rays touched them today.

The forests provide solitude and quiet.

The mountains are omnipresent. They tower over our world and make me smile almost daily.

But some people just don't get it. They buy their Starbucks and Whole Foods meal down in the city. They drive up here and rumble back through a 4WD forest road in their vehicle. Perhaps they notice the beauty or perhaps they are here for some other purpose, like target shooting. Then, they mindlessly leave the evidence of their privileged life behind on the forest floor.
I won't ever understand their lack of sensitivity to our environment.

So, after picking up the garbage left by "Evan" and others like him, I go gaze at the mountains to keep my happiness intact.
I cannot imagine seeing a magical sight like the sun setting over the mountains and then tossing garbage on the ground.
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19 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 10, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    It is beautiful. I forget sometimes how beautiful the world around us is. When I stop and really look it is amazing. And it is not cool that people leave their junk.

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  2. NCmountainwomanNovember 10, 2015 at 5:00 PM

    It's a sad fact that so many people are so thoughtless. I try not to let it ruin my day but it makes me furious. Beautiful photographs.

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  3. Brian's Home BlogNovember 10, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Beautiful! Some trashy humans, we never understood leaving garbage behind anywhere.

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  4. ♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥November 10, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    Ignorant and rude - way too many of them around these days.

    Awesome photos - did you get snow?

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  5. Ruby Rose and the Big Little Angels 3November 10, 2015 at 7:54 PM

    It is a terrible shame. No one named Evan should be allowed on a mountain

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  6. RubyNovember 10, 2015 at 8:59 PM

    Well, Evan is a dufushead!!! I always say that karma will come his way...
    anyhu, I sure am happy to see my favorite sights and you guy enjoyin' the mountains...
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  7. zoepheedogsNovember 10, 2015 at 9:15 PM

    I think it's too bad that people leave their garbage in the forest! :( We used to find that all the time in the Sierra Nevada mountains when we went hiking there. People have no respect and it's sad.

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  8. Idaho PugRanchNovember 10, 2015 at 9:29 PM

    It is hard to understand the lack of respect for nature
    hugs
    Mr Bailey Hazel & Mabel

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  9. Yamini MacLeanNovember 10, 2015 at 9:31 PM

    Hari om
    couldn't agree more! It defies logic. That sunset is a 'killer'... YAMxx

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  10. Bella Roxy & MacduiNovember 11, 2015 at 12:15 AM

    Like our river. People always leave rubbish around it. Just disgusting.

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  11. easyweimaranerNovember 11, 2015 at 1:25 AM

    I sometimes wish I would find out the addy of peeps like Evan... then I would dump my garbage in front of their door too... wonder what they would say ...

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  12. bichonpawzNovember 11, 2015 at 2:28 AM

    I totally agree! What on earth are they thinking? It drives me nuts. Your mountains are just spectacular. What a view!! Absolutely beautiful.

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  13. DukeNovember 11, 2015 at 3:31 AM

    People are lazy and just don't think. Your spot in the world is just gorgeous, KB!

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  14. Hailey and Zaphod and their LadyNovember 11, 2015 at 6:00 AM

    It is the ultimate in lazy that they can't carry the cup down. sigh!

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  15. UnknownNovember 11, 2015 at 6:28 AM

    Such beauty! I'd say you are the one with the privileged life KB! Someone who would trash such a lovely place has an empty spot in their soul.

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  16. Blueberry's humanNovember 11, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    I think people believe if something is biodegradable it makes it okay to leave it behind. I can't really explain it either and it makes me sad that anyone could look on such beauty and ruin it with litter. I know a couple of times going up a trail I've lost a Kleenex from my sweater pocket without realizing it and on the way back down I will see it, check my pocket and pick it up, shamefully realizing I was the offender.

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  17. Mary HoneNovember 11, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    Drives me crazy! What is wrong with people. I sometimes like to think that littering isn't as bad as it was years ago. But then I see a bunch of trash that someone has dumped, and I want to slap them.

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  18. JackyNovember 11, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    I don't like to use the word hate - but I HATE litterbugs. Is it such a chore to take it with you and throw it in a trash container?

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  19. TarynNovember 11, 2015 at 4:38 PM

    Littering is one of my biggest pet peeves. It truly infuriates me!

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