The Rubbish Collection. Another take on Suburbia.
It is time once again for me to chuck out all the “stuff” that has been in my house that doesn’t seem to have a place. Various movements and changes that have taken place seem to force a pile of stuff that once had a place right out to the verge, right next to that sentimentality that kept it in my place for so long. All those bits of broken house and green waste that have been inhabiting the over-sized, underutilized parcel of land I live on now find a place.
The rubbish collection is as much a part of the suburban street-scape* as the cars that litter the verges and street edges after business hours. Green bins also have a place in the suburban street-scape. They are kind of a transient object. They are there 1 night/morning of the week. Then they get hidden. A piece of ornament in your neighbourhood.
Other people love when Rubbish Collection comes around. Scavengers is a bit of a strong word, so I’ll call them Treasure Hunters. Treasure Hunters are known to ring councils to find out when the rubbish collections are scheduled so they can come and sift through my stuff and my neighbour’s stuff. I’ve even been a Treasure Hunter, but I find too often stuff that is thrown out is often thrown out for a reason, and it ends up on my verge the next time Rubbish Collecting season comes around.
So the point of this little spiel is to bring your attention to the Rubbish collection. An ornate feature of the suburban street-scape. As important as the decorative trim aaround the eave of the front verandah, and the brick letterbox you built to stop people driving past and smashing the s*&t out of an inferior model.
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**A street-scape is a combination of the word street, and landscape. This is what Architects and Landscape Architects do to make themselves sound smarter. They invent words. Words that don’t exist in a dictionary, that don’t even exist on Wikipedia. Homer Simpson invented the word “d’oh”. We aren’t as important as Homer Simpson so we shouldn’t invent silly words that people don’t understand.
NOTE: The photos in this article were taken with a camera phone. A good camera is all about the lens, not the amount of pixels you pack.
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