Over at the Meadow at Longwood Gardens they have installed over 180 birdhouses. I really liked these ones, which remind me of the hats that nuns wear, for some reason?!
The view from my office window. Note the break in the safety barrier, the gate and the position of the tree. I can only assume this was done as as part of an artistic statement by the landscapers! Incidentally, if you were to go through the gate it's about a 60' tumble down a rocky cliff face into the quarry!
I caught sight of the yellow-streaked back hoe today, skulking through the wooded area atop the reclaimed quarry next to our office. It was difficult to see at first but with patience I was able to get a quick shot of it as it slowly devoured a few trees, like some voracious ironclad dinosaur. I can only assume that this landscape is now deemed ripe for development and we will shortly have a multitude of glass-fronted office buildings looking down on us. That's progress.
We have had several "right-sizing opportunities" over recent years, or what we always used to call layoffs, and this has recently resulted in emptying offices and cubes and collection materials in the copy room. There is a certain irony on seeing several corporate baubles among the usual work-related ephemera. One that really struck me was this star award. The fact that it was chipped speaks volumes. Was it damaged in an act of anger or perhaps as a dramatic statement?
