May 24

May 24, 2008 by OrientSee.

For a moment I thought that I had stumbled on the thigh bone of an ancient dinosaur but of course I was wrong. What I found was “ancient” trash. It’s been quite a while since I last saw one of these.

It certainly is an old vacuum tube probably from a tv set. You can still look up the relevant numbers on the tube and find out what it was used for. All I felt was amazement, first because it was still there whole and unbroken and secondly as a reminder of how long dumping has been going on at Belle Isle. I fully expect to find a colonial cow bell some day since this area was used mainly as pasturage for a long time after the founding of Boston. Everyone has always felt free to dump their stuff in the marsh.

The better part of the day was the free concert that this Baltimore Oriole gave out in the thicket. It was just great to watch and listen. It certainly made my day.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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