Happy Earth Day

Today is Earth Day and I am finally trying to do my part in preserving, conserving, and cleaning up to make at least my corner of the world a better place to live.  I am the official gatekeeper this month for my office’s recycling efforts.  That means that I am charged with taking our recyclables over to the recycling center and keeping the bins empty. So far I have a full bag of cardboard, half bag of plastic bottles, and a half bag of aluminum cans.

I spent last weekend (April 12th) near LaVergne’s Youth Incorporated Ranch with three of my Girl Scouts picking up litter along the side of the road.  We picked up about 12 rusted paint cans (with paint still inside) and about a dozen bags of garbage.  It was nasty stuff.

I leave you with one thought… an agent at our meeting this morning told us about a friend who has a fancy long-haired cat.  The owner brushes the cat outside and doesn’t clean up the brushed out hair.  When she went to visit her, she saw a beautiful beautiful bird’s nest made of the cat hair.  She said,

“Even the birds are recycling.”