The light bulbs were easy (sort of). I did have to get a ladder. But the trash took a while. I don’t understand why there is so much more trash in winter than there is in summer. Is it all dropped by kids on their way to school? I hope not, what with all the cigarettes and alcohol containers. But seriously, what the heck? I filled a whole black trash bag with trash. I feel weird even just throwing an apple into a ditch. I can’t even imagine throwing trash on the ground in someone’s yard.

I take comfort in the fact that at least some of the trash looks accidental. I mean, I don’t imagine someone would throw away ten dollars. And I wouldn’t think someone would throw away a sticky-note about hair. Otherwise, they might forget.

After trash-picking, I was on a roll. When I came back inside, I cut off all the dead branches from my calamondin orange tree. There were new leaves coming out, so it’s not dead. I have mixed feelings. I’m now caring for a sickly plant that hasn’t flowered in years. Is there a point at which it just becomes silly? Anyway, here are the before and after pictures:

BEFORE:

AFTER: