Author: Maciek

Dump life

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Now that summer’s well and truly here, life is returning to the dump. Wolves sift through the trash alongside the crows, and occasionally a bear will wander in and have a snack too.

Apparently there’s actually several bears who visit the dump, and they fight for territory. I’ve only seen one though, when I went on my bike to scavenge for supplies.

The dump bear. Like, seven pixels of him.
The dump bear. Like, seven pixels of him.

Unfortunately, not even my phone camera’s photo resolution can compensate for the cowardly limits of how close I’m willing to get to a bear on my bike.

River puke

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Remember the giant icebergs that were left behind as the river level fell several meters?

Here’s me climbing up one a few weeks ago:

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Pre-puke. The detritus is still hidden in its icy belly.

They’ve melted now and left behind their innards. River puke. The mess of trees that gets picked up, ensconced in ice for the winter and then vomited on shore when summer comes.

River Puke
River Puke

 

Too many pants

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I have too many pants. It’s impossible to find the ones I want to wear without digging through a mountain of fabric.

So, I made a little shelf-thingy for them, out of the giant pile of scrap wood I’ve salvaged from the dump.

Step 1: Measure, cut, hammer.
Step 1: Measure, cut, hammer.
Step 2: position in closet.
Step 2: position in closet.
Step 3: Pants problems solved!
Step 3: Pants problems solved!