In May I went on a rant about nature/culture and driving cars to lakes. Just spent pretty much the whole weekend, in the city, looking at water, birds, plants and the odd nature/culture hybrid objects that make up the basis of Leslie Spit - a park, in the lake, on an ever-morphing pile of "clean fill." (I guess toilets, tiles, bricks, glass, rebar and all the other various industrial urban bits and pieces get pretty clean once you wash them off in a great big lake).
Hey, that top photo reminds me of a park out by my folks place in Mississauga. Its a small park on the lake at the base of Southdown Road. It is close to a huge factory (brick factory i think) and the beach at this park seems to be a dumping ground for the old bricks and other assorted detritus. The whole beach is made up of these lovely water worn red bricks and glass. I have gathered many for my little garden. It is a bit weird though, lots of dead fish and the water seems polluted, I think the factory must be leaving behind more than just old bricks. Ahhh nature!
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In May I went on a rant about nature/culture and driving cars to lakes. Just spent pretty much the whole weekend, in the city, looking at water, birds, plants and the odd nature/culture hybrid objects that make up the basis of Leslie Spit - a park, in the lake, on an ever-morphing pile of "clean fill." (I guess toilets, tiles, bricks, glass, rebar and all the other various industrial urban bits and pieces get pretty clean once you wash them off in a great big lake).
- sally mckay 6-22-2004 5:57 am
- sally mckay 6-22-2004 4:48 pm
Hey, that top photo reminds me of a park out by my folks place in Mississauga. Its a small park on the lake at the base of Southdown Road. It is close to a huge factory (brick factory i think) and the beach at this park seems to be a dumping ground for the old bricks and other assorted detritus. The whole beach is made up of these lovely water worn red bricks and glass. I have gathered many for my little garden. It is a bit weird though, lots of dead fish and the water seems polluted, I think the factory must be leaving behind more than just old bricks. Ahhh nature!
- mnobody (guest) 6-24-2004 12:42 am
- sally mckay 6-24-2004 10:25 am