Today my niece, Tena, and I joined in on the Menomonee River Cleanup Event which was organized by the Milwaukee Riverkeepers in honor of Earth Day. We met at Rotary Park at 9:00, got our assignments and returned back to the park at noon for a lunch sponsored by area restaurants, mmm good. One of the restaurants was the new Cheesecake Bakery that's opening this month - yummm. Tena and I were given the area along the river out by the doggie park to patrol with our Hefty garbage bags and gardening gloves. The picture shows Tena's stash that we hauled off the river bank. Mainly we found styrofoam and plastic bags along with many, many plastic bottles. Tena found a coconut, wagon wheel, and about 3 mismatched pair of flip-flops. I found a garbage can cover, multiple Bic lighters, snuff containers, and balls that rolled down from the dog park. We met a wonderfully enthusiast woman (that I wish I would have gotten her email address from --- grrrrr) that found a fox skull, rubber ducky, and a container with some money -- lucky her! (That's not the reason why I wanted to get her email address.) My back is sore, my arms are all scratched up, and my nose is sunburnt but I feel really, really good about these 'battle scars'! We did something for the ecology! We made a difference! And I vow never to buy one of those stupid, cheap styrofoam coolers again!What did you do to celebrate Earth Day?
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Good for you!
Mmm, coconut. Going out for birthday coconut cocktail tonight. & spicy cranberry potstickers. & REALLY GOOD wasabi.
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